Hi my name is Carleigh. A bit about me is that I am 13 years old, apart of the LGBTQIA+, and I love the bands Bikini Kill, Cavetown, Sparta, Mother Mother and Pavement. My poetry consists mostly of things that make me angry though I do dabble in silly things as well.

This piece was written in my creative writing class. My teacher had shared this with my class because he and his LGBTQ+ daughter “were taken aback by the brilliance” (seriously that’s what he said!). My teacher was unsure if it would harm my wellbeing if he read it to the class but his daughter brought up the point that for the kids that are LGBTQ, it would really show that his class is a safe place. When I heard this, I was so happy because my peers heard how I felt. But the fact that my teacher was concerned about my safety made me so angry. Why would my safety be threatened because of the poem? That was the main reason of the poem: to point out how messed up it was.