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What I Think a Man Is
You have hair.
 You have eyes,
 Two, I hope
 You may have hair, beneath your chin
 Or locks that run
 Like the rays of the sun.
 However, my friends
 None of us will now, of course
 What a Man truly is
 
 A man cannot be defined.
 They bear chromosome Y,
 Yet why do some think otherwise?
 Why does one man prefer his comrade,
 Whilst his brother seek a maiden?
 When a woman, born to bosom,
 Hair of length and artistry
 Keeps a Y in all the cells
 No thanks to her paternity?
 
 A boy, scarce beyond age six,
 Scavenges for playmates.
 He sits and plays with him, or her.
 Yet steals his eyes toward him
 And can’t help but hold his hand
 Childish, in sweet embrace
 Little fingers, you’d think not know
 What love can be
 Love’s purity.
 
 Men today are told “don’t play”
 Do not divulge emotion
 Be strong for us, the Feeble Ones
 Who mock you with devotion.
 It’s sad to see them never cry
 Never can one tell
 Sometimes the pain, of being a Man
 Is a burden fit to quell.
 Yet they know not how.
 
 So when I think of men
 Despite the social whip
 I think of creatures tucked away
 And waiting for a sip
 Of all the pleasures, of the Feeble Ones
 Who bask in life’s sweet songs
 Who dance with the boys, and dance with the girls
 Who smile and cry
 And kiss without fear.
 
 Because you see, my friends
 We, the Feeble Ones
 Truly have no fear
 We do not fear the strike
 Of thick hands against our faces.
 We’ll hold hands with the boys
 And dance like the girls.
 We will always cherish this real freedom
 Because we Feeble Ones
 We know what real Men are.

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