Gender Agenda: Comfort Zine

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i. tl[at iha O' Callag han CN. Diztirry/Scale"t/Referencer to weight /o,r,t a,t? lro?y Lutu,r

Me and my scales, an a*fair: These scales Tell me the

Truth

Of the numbers Droppin e d^y by day F{our by hour, There's comfort In the falling off this earth Floating so weightless That I might just one day, I)isappear. So

I comeback

Fveryday Morning, lunch, evening Crl,rtn&

at gain

Celebrating at loss You rny {iriend Show the truth So I obse$s overyou

running anytirne I'm unsure Hate you some days l,aveyou others

I

cerme

But you'r:e always There.

I cannot tell anyane else

Onlyyou Know How I want to Fade.

But one da.y

I saw inside ./tr{yself

A qualitative being Who had substance And needed not to compete W.ith other wornen For men's approval And instead Find comfbrt in myself illo love all, And now I r,veigh My strength, empathy and passion Instead. Sornetimes still, I'm cold, hurtful and darlt To myself' And I run to the scales

For comfort Forgetting m-r, light And the light that all wolrren Need To abandon the mwh Of beauty And see how truth Lies within our:selves And not with the numtrers That leave nightmares Calculated in our heads. Ta[<e our hands, our L,rilliant minds,

And stand together You me us a[ This is comfort

fr\r

fi:iends

And together We weigh thousands In love.


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