My Greatest Performance by Taylor Kovach

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My Greatest Performance

Long hair, curled to perfection, 5am sharp

Pink frilly dresses and sparkly eye shadow

American Eagle skinny jeans

Peach Aeropostale shirts

Magenta belt wrapped around hips

After a daily shower with coconut shampoo

A body scented of a faint vanilla

Foundation tanning a delicate face

Blonde highlights on silky streaks

Nails of glistening light purple

Lines of Chick Flicks in front of vanities

Tapping a fresh manicure to boy bands

Platform heels off ground-stage

Silver hoops for earlobes to jump through

C cup plucked and laced from my closet

Was the closet always glass?

How did you even know I was in hiding?

Taylor Kovach is a transgender poet who lives in Lincoln Park, Michigan. They hold a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with highest honors, from Michigan State University. Self-taught in the medium of the poetic arts that spans more than a decade, this artist keeps their work far from close to the chest.

Image: Wilfredo Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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