Star-Crossed

My love will
Not
Be star-crossed.

I am not Juliet,
Pining away
For her Romeo.

First of all,
Fuck you.
I’m not delicate.

Second of all,
Fuck you.
I’m not a woman.

I am agender,
Polyamorous,
And my loves cross

The gender spectrum.

True, breakups are hard.
They’re not meant to be easy.
But I refuse

To be some Shakespearean
One-line throwaway,
Poisoning herself with nothing
And dying of a dagger to the heart.

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