
Pronoun Buttons

Rainbow buttons litter the bedroom floor
I sit across from a reflection
It shudders, breathes shallow //
The eyes float up and down
Lips rotate in whirling circles
Ears expand and flap
and jaw clenches and unclenches
I stack the pronouns
We stack the pronouns
We cannot be allowed //
they/them/theirs
We are "singular" they say
To trick us, gaslight
We are many
We are They
We are a collection of buttons
Rainbow, Glitter buttons
Waiting to hear //
THEY
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