Average
All I ever wanted was to be normal
And there were times when it seemed
Unlikely I would ever achieve
Such modest aspirations.
So I began to lean into strangeness
While hovering near orbits
Of those who seemed
To know their way around the sun.
I would show that I was like everyone
Else in a way that no one else was.
As it turns out
I wasn’t as strange as I thought
And much more average than
I ever supposed.
But that wasn’t what I envisioned.
The whole point was to prove to
Everyone I could be like them
If I really wanted to,
It wasn’t that hard.
But they’d never be able to do
What I had done
When I felt like doing it,
Which was unique
And different and special.
I wear my normalcy now like summer clothes,
Linen shirts half buttoned,
Low socks, white shorts
So the breeze can ease
My angry red flesh
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