My Gate's Keeper

why hello

stranger

come bursting into my house

as if you own the place

and tell me where to put my furniture

and how to arrange my gender

when I know the dimensions of my soul

better than you ever will

because you've swopped your heart for more teeth

you who misgender and harrass

as if you really matter

as if you have licence to my world

fuck off out of my life

who died and made you queen?

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Animus of Hope (Song, mostly unwritten yet)

we are the children of the anarchy

we are not purchased by the dirty lie

so unafflicted by serenity

you sing to puppets like a lullaby

we're not undone by your iniquity

it's not our job to see you gratified

you are undone by our ability

to wave our hands and leave you mystified

we are the animus of hope

we are the tempered steel

we genuflect to neither king nor pope

we are the grease that turns the wheel

you were the chains around our very necks

to keep us down and so you prayed

your gods would keep us your subjects

but we're the exsanguinating blade

you made us into your inhuman objects

at least, you thought, that we'd be swayed

and ran to cash your bloody cheques

for debts you hoped would never be paid

we are the animus of hope

we are the tempered steel

we genuflect to neither king nor pope

we are the grease that turns the wheel

we are the macroscope

our anger is the only thing you feel

you're a forgotten trope

we'll be all that's left that's real

we are the animus of hope

we are the tempered steel

we genuflect to neither king nor pope

we are the grease that turns the wheel

-o0o-

Insisting Existence

you had better stomp your feet hard

and shout

don't forget to shout

clap your hands

shake your clothes

so the zipper clatters

and the coins in your pocket jingle

made a noise

and let them know

"I exist"

insist

and when they ignore you, persist

you will feel like a fool

and they will bank on that

you will feel hurt

and they will blame you

you will cry out

and they will cry blue murder back at you

never let them tell you

that you don't matter

that you don't exist

never let them tell you

that you have no value

when they bask in the sun

visible and accepted

validated by televisions

while we remain hidden

walled up behind their bigotry

never give up

never give in

don't let them stop you

don't let them win

they'll hurt you, bend you,

break you, make you twist

shatter your ankle

your neck and your wrist

but never stop shouting

"I am here! I exist!"

-o0o-