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Are you the subject of debate? Not the speaker or a judge but the object
of argument and to hate someone not because they are evil
because they see you as a motion that they can carry or defeat. Your continuing
existence is a political opinion and you are fair game for showing up.
And we are people made up of op-ed pieces
and protests and patronizing government reports and a primetime special that turns your life
into sport, to win or lose against the four bigots the BAI brought in for balance
but don't worry you'll get a chance to justify your life to the state because
this week you and your body are up for debate
and you can just watch, clutching your organ donor
card like a prayer because the only time you'll truly own your body is when you
no longer need it and you're no longer there. And these are kind
rational people who care but we cannot stifle discussion, stifle creativity
not even with brothers and sisters dying for bodily autonomy or dying overseas
because you were up for debate if you really want free speech, because some
people's right to argue trumps your right just to be.
And my body is a battleground for anyone looking to score points
and your struggles are only pretty in their fictions, you are a concept for them
to approve or annul but to me
you are the most beautiful and powerful powerless being I know
trying to win the right to be a person and not an opinion