lying on the floor
four stories high
in the corridor
between the asphalt and the sky
I am caught like bottled water
the light daughter
I wonder what you look like
under your t-shirt
I wonder what you sound like
when you re not wearing words
I wonder what we have
when we re not pretending
it s never-endinghaven t you heard?
I don t need to tell you
what this is about
you just start on the inside
and work your way out
we are all polylingual
but some of us pretend
there s virtue in relying
on not trying to understand
we re all citizens of the womb
before we subdivide
into sexes and shades
this side
that side
and I don t need to tell you
what this is about
you just start on the inside
and work your way out
undressing for the fan
like it was a man
wondering about all the things
that I ll never understand
there are some things that you can t know
unless you ve been there
but oh how far we could go
if we started to share
I don t need to tell you
what it is about
you just start on the inside
you just start on the inside
and work your way out

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