I was starting to speak
My plan was full of whispers
Not shouts
I was going to start to take
Baby steps
Insey tinsey
Little baby steps
But that's never how it goes for me
Because instead of taking a baby step
I stomped
Instead of whispering
I shouted
At
Morgan
Typical Iowa teen
Cowgirl mother fucker
Redneck
Racist
Trump supporter
Xenophobic
Anti-feminist
Farmer
Homophobic
I
Hate
It
Here
She found out I was gay
Fake friend told her
So Danielle told me
Morgan said I had a crush on her
Danielle told me in Agriculture class
Fucking farmers
Guess who else was in that class
Sitting not ten feet from me
Morgan
So I raised my voice
And I told her
Morgan
I don't like you
Even as a friend
Or acquaintance
So you better not be going around
Telling everybody that I have a crush on you
Because I'm
Gay
Guess what Morgan?
That's extremely homophobic but even more
It's extremely
Dumb and Ignorant
And no girl would ever
Ever
Have a crush on you
So you should shut the hell up
But I spoke loud
And teacher teacher heard me
And sent me to the councilor
For raising my voice
And telling a class mate to shut the hell up
Mrs. Councilor is nice
So she told me that some teachers don't like the word
Hell
And we played go fish until the class period ended