“gas station” by young nudy — Marzi Margo
why can’t the lyrics be about a trans woman? ~ a trans woman who has a thing for diamonds & men who wear them? ~ a trans woman who might tweet a selfie with the caption “#hotgirlsummer”? ~ who sticks herself with a two-inch needle once a week? ~ who isn’t interested in bottom surgery? ~ who has been a sex worker or a bartender? ~ who has been unemployed & homeless? ~ who has slept in a parked car with no heat in the dead of december? ~ who once worked in retail but was fired because of baseless customer complaints? ~ who used to have a sugar daddy almost three times her age? ~ who grew up yearning for the touch of a man & feeling terrified by that want? ~ who loves smoking weed but also depends on it? ~ who worries about dying before the age of 30? ~ why can’t the lyrics be about a woman rejected by most? ~ why can’t the lyrics be about a woman rising like a glowing phoenix from the flames that try to engulf her?
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Marzi Margo is a person who writes and resides in Cleveland, Ohio. Ver most recent book is “pink maggit” (Ghost City Press, 2019). Ve has a website (translucent-snapdragons.gq) and a Twitter (@wigglytuff_pink).