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*Multiple voices talking at once *
*Multiple voices talking at once *
*Multiple voices talking at once *
Perception *Soft guitar plays in background *
Who do I see?
Who do I see when I look in the? Eyes scanning...
...over creases and freckles. Cheekbones. Blue eyes.
Jaw line. The angles and the soft spaces.
Features that add up to who I have come to understand myself to be.
I see the middle, inbetween. I see genderqueer...
...and androgyny. I see myself.
What about when you look? Who do you see? Perception.
Interpretation. Conjugation turns it all to hearsay...
...to judgment. To... unconscious assumption.
To "Have a nice day, ma'am." Disconnect.
How can we both the same thing and yet perceive something...
...so completely different? And who is to say which is right?
I recognize myself. But who am I?
And what about when that face changes?
Will I still see myself? Will these features...
...still fit together? Will I lose my androgyny?
Will I lose... myself?
What will happen when our perceptions...
...meld into one?