# **Cake-Shaped**
Too much.
Not enough.
Unique.
More of the same.
Too quiet.
Too loud.
We blame you
when it’s not your fault:
failing to conform
to the square spaces around here.
But I am more cake-shaped!
If I could become fluid
liquid, or gas
and make myself adaptable,
would you be okay
with me
near you?
Don’t worry.
Have trust.
Wild.
Welcoming.
Serious.
Loud.
Deadpan.
Whimsy.
Sharp mind.
All of the gifts
given to me
are taken as threats
to the Powers that Be.
Didn’t God make variety?
Did He not create all?
All the weird sea creatures?
Even Leviathan?
Tolerance is not enough.
You were necessary
from the beginning.
If I tell the truth,
why do you hit me?
We are one
and we are many.
I am a hand.
You are a foot.
We are the others
to each other,
helping each other home.
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