pirates, in general a pirate who is also a gardener on the side flannel shirts moss forests the word “dastardly” the word “foppish” wordplay sword fights the Inigo Montoya & Dread Pirate Roberts sword fight in the Princess Bride the word “lad” feminine, but not as a woman to gender as la croix is to fruit sarcasm olive green playing the drums the idea of being in a band doc martens vampires victorian dandies shapeshifters Loki, and other trickster gods confusion, mine and other people’s the moon the shirt I got from my dad dungeons and dragons Halloween murder mystery dinner parties heist movies tattoos scars with stories lies without malice being bad at directions sideways diagonal spatially unaware twisted, waiting to unravel
Artist Statement This piece is a list poem I wrote in creative writing about how my gender feels to me.