THE NO-BULLSHIT COLOSSUS

NOT LIKE THE OLD WORLD’S RUSTED GATE,

WHERE FRAGILE MEN DECIDE WHO’S GREAT,

HERE STANDS A BEACON, FIERCE AND TALL,

FLIPPING OFF THE RULES YOU CALL “FOR ALL.”

“GIVE ME THE GAYS, THE QUEERS, THE THEYS,

THE ONES TOO COMPLICATED FOR YOUR

                        LAZY GAZE,

THE TRANS, THE BI, THE ACE, THE PAN,

THE ONES WHO DON’T FIT YOUR LITTLE GAME

                        PLAN.

BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS, MIXED,

AAPI, LATINX—YEAH, ALL OF IT.

THE ONES YOU GHOST, THE ONES YOU BAN?

GUESS WHAT? WE OWN THIS LAND.”