KarMel Scholarship 2004
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“Subhumanity” By
Nickolas McDaniel, CA Desciption of
Submission: “Poem
detailing my mental struggle with society over my being transsexual.” – Nickolas |
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The powers that
be claim that people— Like me— Are wrong. I am not in
most statutes, No clause to
protect me nor my rights, No wording to
grant me equality. I am an issue
or distant cause, Championed when
convenient, Invisible more
often than not. Rendered a
subhuman, In reality I am
anything but. I still bleed
when hurt. My blood, too,
runs red. I feel just as
you do, But my cries go
largely unheard. I am not a
“cause”, Nor abnormal or
subhuman. I am just a man
who once had The body Of a woman. |