It’s not that my fortress is impenetrable,
You know.
Moreso,
We get used to cruelty,
As a common way of the world.
Queer,
Neurodivergent,
Artists.
Scowled at on the street,
For our painted black nails –
Othered ways of being.
The Uncanny Valley,
Always our greatest evil.
Other humans,
Close behind.
Fortress.
