Us with Courage - Nov. 6, 2026

they wear their blue hair,

sprung, mulletty-long

or sheep-sheared

parade around in zany t-shirts

and patchy colors of pants

with boots that scuff-clink

have rings and piercings

attached near all the senses,  

with tattoos curved over fields of skin

I say we should applaud them

they’re us with more courage,

judged strange for being unique

by we who stride the social norm

though I have noticed

if you briefly catch their eye,

the slightest waiver -

a need for love peeking out,naked and a little afraid