Sweet Sixteen
1. Being Is Becoming People Are not cans Or bottles, The contents of their souls Known and labeled Like the ingredients Of fruits and vegetables. We do not grow On trees or vines; We were not born In a cabbage patch To be transported Home By storks. Sex and gender Are messy-- Mistakes are made: Chromosomes And identities Sometimes Only mix Instead of merge, And we are born Chameleons, Men disguised as women Or women camouflaged as men. We are Who We are; We...