girl

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in my programming
there are bugs
and itchy mishaps
body tired
body aching
body wrong
not wrong
but glitchy:
body bird and body broken
body blank space - left unspoken

i wash my names out
in the shower
girl, bitter taste and sour
boy, sweeter yet but sickly
birth name dead and gone and empty
choice name, wrong name, one too many
name malfunctioned
name misfired
name a defect
undesired

girl a buzz a slap a refill
girl this tequila isn't unspilled
girl you know you got it rough
girl you call it like you should
girl you crack and carry on
girl why the long face? shake it off
girl stop wincing when i touch you
girl stop turning when i kiss you
girl stop flinching when i call you
girl stop crying when they claw you
girl stop crying when you fall and
girl stop crying when you're tall and
girl why does that word upset you
girl why does that word upset you
girl why does that word upset you

girl,
the world
has no time for you.