A Trans and neurodivergent experience of nightlife
By Aisha Sharma
Pour, clink
Pose, click
Hit, hit, hit
After hours,
Pockets of trans culture,
Underground POC art,
Raves, fashion, music, and dance
Alive, moving, growing
Try to sway with sacred space and sound
Glitter eye
Spanx
Tuck it up
Try to sway
Take it off, wash it away…
Worn cotton,
detergent
No eyes to match,
No other languages,
Songs from Mom,
White people on a screen instead,
Sway after hours,
Sway,
without masks
Breathe under the hits.
Lie beneath the weight of pockets.
A still movement underground.
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