36 Views of SF: 28. Enough is Enough
July 3, 2018

Not Indian enough
Not White enough
Not Black enough
Not Latinx enough
Not Asian enough
Not Indian American enough
Not Asian American enough
Not South enough
Not East Coast enough
Not Midwest enough
Not West enough
Not San Francisco enough
Not Christian enough
Not Buddhist enough
Not Gay enough.
Not Straight enough
Not enough of a manly man
Not enough breast, a no-vagina-Dan
Not compassionate enough
Not angry enough
Not stingy enough
Not generous enough
Not always myself enough
Not sure of myself enough
Not sick enough
Not well enough
Not sorry enough
Not guilty enough
Not woke enough
Not grateful enough
Not asleep enough
Not skinny enough
Not handsome enough
Not rich enough
Not poor enough
Not popular enough
Don’t write good enough
Don’t talk good enough
Not enough to hate
Not enough to love
Not as good of a doctor as I could be
Not a perfect son, as hard as I try to be

I look smooth enough, on a good day.
My mind paddles like a duck on a Cosmic Stow Lake
resisting the judgments that try to put it away.
I’ve been broken before, but today I don’t break.
I’ve bricolaged myself. I’ve survived my selfquake.

My enough is enough. I can’t be what I ain’t.
I make do with what is. So fuck your complaints.

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