NOTES FOR A POEM ON A TV SHOW THEME SONG


Wherever you go
for the rest of your life
you must prove you're a man.

from "Branded" theme song


It seems
they will

not take you
at your word

or just
your sex,

they want
something

more, a sign,
a proof

that you
are not

something
they fear

and yet
something

they need,
a promise

of where
you stand,

where they
stand so they

can breathe
freely, so

the world
they shape

makes sense,
so they

can go on
living with

men.