{"id":15367,"date":"2024-10-14T04:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/?p=15367"},"modified":"2024-10-13T19:16:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T00:16:52","slug":"name-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/name-game\/","title":{"rendered":"NAME GAME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NAME GAME<br>Your original name was Ted,<\/span><br>Or Fred or Jed or Ned,<\/span><br>But now you are Marilyn<br>Or possibly Geralyn:<br>All this nonsense is just in your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From the archive<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOG GONE<br>\u201cCompetition was keen, as you know,<br>But the judges decided to go<br>With Felipe the Frog,<br>Who presents as a dog<br>And is hereby declared \u2018Best of Show.\u2019\u201d<br> (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DYSPHORIA<br>\u201cI\u2019m a woman without any tits,<br>I\u2019m a woman without woman bits,<br>I\u2019m a woman who can<br>Urinate like a man,<br>I\u2019m a woman who\u2019s out of her wits.\u201d<br>(2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A MISS<br>\u201cIn the locker room, I saw a chick<br>And I said to my bestie, \u2018Look quick:<br>See that girl over there<br>Who\u2019s blow-drying her hair?<br>Tell me why does that chick have a dick?\u2019\u201d<br>(2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRUISED GENDER<br>\u201cI\u2019m a man. No, a woman. No, man.<br>I change gender as fast as I can.<br>Call me \u2018him,\u2019 call me \u2018her,\u2019<br>But you\u2019d better concur<br>With the gender I currently am.\u201d<br>(2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TITLE NEIN<br>\u201cThe gold medal I won in a whirl<br>At the annual state intermural:<br>You may think I\u2019m a scamp,<br>But I\u2019m still the new champ \u2013<br>And the boy who just beat the best girl.\u201d<br>(2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SPOTTED<br>A ladybug, asked why<br>She seemed to be so shy<br>About sharing a shower<br>On a marigold flower,<br>Said, \u201c<em>That<\/em> ladybug\u2019s a guy!\u201d<br>(2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YOU\u2019RE IN DOUBT?<br>\u201cIf you\u2019re not really sure of your stance<br>As to bathrooms, then why take a chance?<br>Confused about gender?<br>Do what I do: Surrender \u2014<br>And just stand there and pee in your pants.\u201d<br>(2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNLOCKER ROOM<br>In the past when a pervert would peek,<br>He\u2019d be met with a slap or a shriek:<br>Now he says he\u2019s a woman,<br>Is entitled to come in,<br>Not be treated like some kind of freak.<br>(2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NO FARTHER<br>\u201cFather\u2019s Day rolls around and (oh, brother!),<br>If it\u2019s not one weird thing, it\u2019s another.<br>Meet my current stepdad,<br>The third one that I\u2019ve had:<br>He\u2019s now trying to pass as my mother.\u201d<br>(2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAN<br>S\/he was straight, s\/he was bi, s\/he was gay:<br>Open-minded, s\/he went any way,<br>Even trying out trans,<br>At last settling on <em>sans<\/em>,<br>Too exhausted for any more play.<br>(2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last week&#8217;s limerick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">POSSESSED<br>Under him every error advances<br>And anomalies appear in finances.<br>Are his duties forsaken<br>Or is this see taken?<br>There is something bizarre about Francis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAME GAMEYour original name was Ted,Or Fred or Jed or Ned,But now you are MarilynOr possibly Geralyn:All this nonsense is just in your head. From the archive DOG GONE\u201cCompetition was keen, as you know,But the judges decided to goWith Felipe the Frog,Who presents as a dogAnd is hereby declared \u2018Best &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"NAME GAME - Politickles","description":"NAME GAME Your original name was Ted, Or Fred or Jed or Ned, But now you are Marilyn Or possibly Geralyn: All this nonsense is just in your head. 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