Pronouns

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I do not fit in a category.
I won't stay in a mandatory
Box.
So I wonder if I want people to stop
using "she"
for me.

My problem is I don't quite know
What to use otherwise.
I don't have pronouns
I particularly like or despise.
I know "she" makes me cringe when he uses it
(Purely since I am spiteful of him, I admit).
When I hear "he" for me doesn't quite fit,
And "they" is iffy whenever I try it.
Fae is pretty, but it's hard to use
though simply all of them my mind will refuse.

So maybe I'll just wince all my life at them
Since I can't discover which will stop the hem
Of my brain from undoing itself
While I rotate in my hands a pronoun I pulled from the shelf.
I guess it won't matter soon
Since I'll grow accustomed to the harpoon
Of words because pang of pain is mere a twinge,
Simple a door hanging by its hinge.

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