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of beauty

By kpPublished 4 days ago • Updated about 3 hours ago • 1 min read
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i saw light catch iridescent stains on your glasses,

fixed spots below downturned eyes.

small splatters,

clear marks of tears recently shed,

that you didn't bother to wipe.

i saw

and thought,

"what beauty."

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kp

I am a non-binary, trans-masc writer. I work to dismantle internalized structures of oppression, such as the gender binary, class, and race. My writing is personal but anecdotally points to a larger political picture of systemic injustice.

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