Hungry theif

Ollie Casey 1975 (Ennis)



I am starving to feast on being seen as a real man

To sink my teeth into the flesh of being masculine enough for anyone but I’ll never know if I can

This bottomless pit is never happy with what’s given but I don’t think it’s that, it’s what It feels within

I’m a sheep in wolfs clothing as I tear through a bumpy chest, a body that doesn’t belong to the owner, I desperately want to disown her

The body I’ve stolen from her, one I know I could never repay wherever.

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Being a trans person and feeling you’ve stolen your own body

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Written on July 13, 2022

Submitted by kasjnsduaksn on February 18, 2024

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Characters 487
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Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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