Writer: Anthony Salandy
Editor: Khaled Mohammed
All he’ll ever be is a body Too large or in candour too verbose. At least that’s what his friends say All he’ll ever be is too tanned Like a piece of leather. At least that’s why magazines advertise bleaching products All he’ll ever be is ethnically and culturally ambiguous Because his parents decided to have him. At least that’s what strangers think of him All he’ll ever be is a stranger In his home countries. At least that’s what immigration tells him All he’ll ever be is too flamboyant Because only lustful perceptions define him. At least that’s what they said when they touched him All he’ll ever be is something different Like a fetish in the eyes of men. So indignant and haughty But he’ll be who he wants Even if it kills him and leaves his body broken. At least that’s what he says to himself every night
