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deciding not to join the circus

from creature comforts by a small bird

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I would join the circus
If weren’t for most things about the circus.
Something about the idea, I guess:
Different city every night
And the same face to your right
In the same vermillion dress.

I would move to Greenland
If I didn’t have to "move" to move to Greenland.
Something about the idea, I guess:
There’s lots of space to be yourself
In a cold and barren hell
If you can be yourself in 3 degrees or less.

Now, I’d have made the reservation
If the place had let me make the reservation,
But there was something about my ID, I guess.
Anyway, they give me quite a look,
So if you could go and get us booked
A table for tonight, that would be best.

I would join the circus if it wasn’t one of those
That exploited people’s conditions and identities.
Something about the idea, I guess,
long as the attraction’s something cool:
Magic tricks or spinning hoops,
And not having extra facial holes,
Or being a caged up animal,
Or maybe contortion,
if it hurts to do contortion—
And no stints on the trapeze,
The quickest way to break your knees—
Don’t wanna juggle like a wannabe,
Or, far worse, manifest the comedy of
The combination of a well-groomed beard
And the same vermillion—

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from creature comforts, released July 2, 2021

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a small bird is the solo project of a queer trans artist based in Chicagoland.

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