post-
chimera/   the testosterone cursed
effemanance/ : assumed girlish in nature?/   trans-
duced/ : the best parts of him/   sans-
semen/   the vestigial masculine psycho-
logically feminine  /yearning to trans-
cend the peripheral gaze
of disgust/   & offense /post-
trans-
phobia/ : the bruises
blossomed   /to stigma caked with
blood   /soon hardened to sub-
terranean trauma/ : a vein
of nascent coal/   crushed by hydraulic
force/   become a war of attrition   /vs.
the genetic stride of patriarchy   /&
its Uber-
Christian base/    trans-
sexual/ : a diamond in the rough
snipped &
tucked inward   /trans-
formed/ : a pelvic wiggle
in his walk/        & exquisitely
manicured middle finger
to the idea
that she could be erased/
                                           or silenced