She told me that she wanted to be called they and that they didn't like their name anymore They gave me rules for their new identity: 1. Call them after the planet that's almost closest to the sun. 2. When you hold them and when you love them call them your partner, not a girl or a friend. 3. There will be times when they are not ready to speak their true name.Be patient. 4.There will be times when others will not correct themselves. Teach them how to be brave.
5. They don't like to be called ma'am. And they don't like to be called sexy 6. They don't like the word girl. They are not the word girl.
They are not the word girl.
They are not a girl. 7. They love the way that they move around when they wear a dress.
8.They love the sound of their delicate and sometimes booming singing voice.
9. They love their eyes and how expressive they are.
10. They love the color yellow and the way that their vocabulary expands after they read a book. 11. They love that they are more than the words that they are called.
12. They love that they are they.
Venus Davis is a 20-year-old nonbinary writer from Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently a poetry reader for Random Sample Review. Venus is also working on writing a poetry chapbook inspired by astrology. Follow their twitter for more memes, rants, and the occasional poem: @venusbeanus.
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