You all wear your masks But let it slip a little for me When you see me living so Unapologetically I see you more than you know All the signals and slight movements The flick of a wrist and nervous glance Tongue furtively crossing dry lips When you see And consider me As the pretty boy That I always wanted to be That upon birth even the doctor told the new mother was a son At first One that dons mascara and liner If the occasion is right Sometimes you offer a kiss Other times a lustful glance A night of fantasy fulfilled But only a night! A light touch of the hand A flirty exchange Testing the waters of that deeply buried desire That burns and terrifies in equal measure Queermaste my boys The queer in me recognizes the queer in you Though yours remains Hidden Fuck the patriarchy Fuck the fathers who told you not to dance Fuck the other boys who wanted So desperately to fuck you But couldn’t So teased you cruelly instead Fuck everyone who made your expressions of the divine feminine feel like a weakness Instead of a courageous strength I understand why I accept my role As a catalyst As a confidante As one who can truly see you For you It’s happened far too many times To be mere coincidence I understand the cold fear Of being discovered through your attraction Of being seen through your connection To this masculine dyke To this pretty boy with the great hair So I keep my mouth shut You keep your mask on But I love you anyway God how I love you And I let you love me too In your own way From afar Inconsistent Sporadic It never hurts any less But I understand They can’t know My masculine too obvious For you to pass it off As just a “crush on a girl” My proud and loud Too open, too raw It would risk exposing your world Your life I get it You should know I don’t blame you my dear For your pragmatic quest to survive It’s still a man’s world But I refuse to give up on you I refuse to ignore the difficulty of the pressure To be the man everyone wants you to be Yourself included I’m going to keep loving you anyway So join with me now Beautiful bi boys Even if only in the recitation of these lines Scream out from your closets With such resounding queer joy That we take down the walls and the bastards too! Fuck the patriarchy! Fuck the patriarchy! Fuck the patriarchy!