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Hermaphrodite
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Hermaphrodite |
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Peter J Marcroft Member
since 2003-02-02
Posts 265York, England |
I am nothing, I am something, Not she, not he, but it, Ambiguous, infamous, infectious, An accident of life, a misfit. Doctors amputate my extra part, Say I should fit my natural sex, Parents weep agonisiing tears, While their muscles doctor's flex. A product of alarmist cries, Wastrel, mutant, outcast, freak, Insults I recieve about my truth, A truth that I did not leak. Anything to get a story, Anything to sell the evil wit, I hate them all the idiots, I'd kill them if it came down to it. Can't they understand I'm human? Tolerance, They'l get it, maybe, Instead of crying 'it's a boy/girl', They'll simply say 'It's a baby.' [This message has been edited by Peter J Marcroft (07-03-2003 04:04 PM).] |
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paladin
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. |
This insight into an unusual abnormality should be edited to meet this forum's guide lines.I believe the angst of the person is real and should be exposed. paladin ....a knight without armor [This message has been edited by paladin (07-03-2003 10:46 AM).] |
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Gavin Junior Member
since 2003-06-22
Posts 47 |
ah man i love this, stand for yourself don't let anyone get to you this life is short and just a blink in the long run of time so keep fighting against ignorance and discrimination, again i love the angst in this poem no more boo hoo attitude just a stop it and listen attitude very good |
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Peter J Marcroft Member
since 2003-02-02
Posts 265York, England |
Thank you for the feedback people, hermaphrodism is a very rare disorder and often the people who are afflicted with this condition are operated on anfd if they aren't it makes life difficult as they cannot be registered and so on, te whole idea behind this poem was to try and expose this societal imbalance. Paladin: - I don't quite understand what you mean when you say it should be edited to meet guidelines, in what way does it violate them? Feedback will help me to keep the forum clean. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Peter, any time asterisks show, which did, and which you can now see were edited out, that is a breach of our guidelines. I e-mailed you [you may not have received it yet] earlier this morning, asking you to edit accordingly. A few hours passed, no edit was made, so I did so. You still have time from the initial post to make any corrections you wish; as long as they fall within the guidelines. Thank you. |
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