[poem] Curly

ByKarthik Hebbar
drawing

I combed my curly hair
In reverse
To Straighten it out
To make it silky and wavy
Like those beautiful men on TV
The aspirations of a sixteen year old
To impersonate the idea of beauty
As it was sold to him
And here I am
Knowing fully and Loving too,
That Neither me nor my hair
Can be Straight!
We are Curly, Girly, Whatever,
And Beautiful!

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Karthik Hebbar, a queer classical musician and theatre practitioner, employs art as a tool of activism to claim space for equal representation of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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