9.14.2005

orlando (cells & divisions)

off off off with pearls & ribbons
down down down to the skin
discarded wigs & powders
unguarded by fans or feathers

society's been sitting my judge & jury
but i don't need no help to make my own decisions
it's my heart confined within these cells & their divisions
and i am beautiful without
i am beautiful without the sentence of my peers passed down
there's no deliberation here

burn burn burn the labels & names
turn turn turn every page the same
trample on the tools of etiquette & status
sample the forbidden feast of habit & fetish

society's been sitting my judge & jury
but i don't need no help to make my own decisions
it's my heart confined within these cells & their divisions
and i am beautiful without
i am beautiful without the sentence of my peers passed down
there's no deliberation here