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So then you acknowledge that, intentionally or not, this poem is transphobic? As for the racism, that runs completely counter to what the poem says: "This battle isn't cut and ...

Apologies for the multiple replies. It kept eating my reply otherwise. -_-

Also, I personally find it horrifying that you equate the "black and white" of racism to the "black and white" of morality. They should NEVER be equated.

What you intended or not is irrelevant when it comes to how others have interpreted your piece, and quite overwhelmingly, the interpretations were "all transgender people are pedophiles", "transgender

You're going to have to focus specifically on pedophiles who masquerade as transgender then, because right now, the structure points to ALL transgender people being pedophiles, which is a HUGE ...

I basically just play around until I find something that works well. XD

And I think you should trust your impressions more, because you're spot-on with what I intended, except for the family bit, but it can be applied to family too.

Oooh. That wasn't my intended interpretation, but it works quite nicely, and I like it.

Thanks for reading, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed reading this.

Thanks for the review. I was worried that there might be too much repetition, so it's good to hear it works well. XD About the meter, if you're talking about ...

I wrote ----- and colored it white.

Thanks for the comment! The technique I used is called assonance, and it works by matching the vowel sounds. A similar technique is called consonance, and that works by matching ...

I was leaving room for interpretation, duh. Not everything needs to be spelled out.

AGAIN IT GOT EATEN WHY???