The Changing World

[CalebMurdock]

The Changing World

[BobBradshaw]

Very nice! I love the warmth, humor and humanity of this. Lovely flow and sonics as well. The metrics are good. Your best piece so far.

Was that a pink bow I saw in their scraggly beard?
If I see them again, I’ll give them the hug
I should have given them the first time.

[CalebMurdock]

Thank you for your comment.

You do understand that this is a poem mocking transgender ideas, don't you? I was so disappointed that everyone ignored my poem on racial animus that I wanted to see how you would react to yet another poem with a controversial topic.

I see poetry forums as a place to be honest. We mustn't shy from controversy here. Of all places in society, poetry is the place to explore controversial topics.

[BobBradshaw]

No, I didn’t read it as mocking transgender people. Quite the opposite.

Didn’t you say that you were gay? If so, why would you mock someone who is transgender?

[CalebMurdock]

The poem is clearly satire. "Xe/xem/xyrs?"

Not all gay people are aligned with transgender people. I am not against transgender people personally, but their ideas and philosophy -- "transgender ideology", "gender identity" -- are straight out of hell. They are divorced from reality, and are causing social upheaval as trans women (who are biological men) invade real women's spaces, and as children are influenced by trans activists to believe that they are trans, much to their detriment. The insistence that people use their special pronouns is also creating havoc in the workplace. I am a liberal, but I am not a stupid liberal.

[BobBradshaw]

Thanks for the comment. To me it isn’t clear that it is satire. Perhaps it will be to others. Nevertheless, good flow and metrics.

[CalebMurdock]

Thank you. Sorry for being so aggressive in conveying my views, but transgender ideology is pure poison. It is destructive to society on many levels.