After All Poem by Kynthia Rosgeal

After all
A man is a man, and if he isn't, he is nothing
it's supposed to be sage advice
it is supposed to make one feel like accomplishing something

It hurt.

I was no man, I was no woman, I was nothing
not to be trusted
queer
useless
a girl

that was actually a compliment

and it hurt too.

I tried to be a man
I had the right equipment and abused it like any man
and the women that got used in the process
(If I could, I would take it back)

After all

A man is a man, and if he isn't, he is nothing
unless he is a boy in a dress
then he is just a queer.

after all.