roadside gorseoffer flashes of yellow bloom
cold wind
© Rachel Green 2018
She was never friendly.
Hurt too many times to let down her guard
no matter how pleasant you tried to be
she'd cut you down with one word answers
and 'why do you care's
I was offended, to be honest,
I had more in common with her
than most people of mutual acquaintance
being trans and all
but it didn't matter.
I gave up trying
withdrew from the general sphere of friends
and renamed the character
who shared her name
long before it was ever here.
© Rachel Green 2018
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