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Second Face, Second Life

from Poppycock by Blad

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At just eight months I was sent away.
Now that I’m okay, let me tell you the struggle I faced.
The culture that was erased, I hated my face.
Growing up as an Asian male, easy?
But neither [is] as a female.
[For me], I was asexualized- You, society emphasized.
Easy? No one has it easy.
Don’t tell me that I’m better off.

The first trip home I found I could’ve been French, Australian, or American.
G.O.A.L. and H.O.L.T. are profiting on us and I.N.K.A.S. downright taunted me.
[Adoptee] community stay away from me, incestuous and I know I’ve been tainted.
Phillip Clay could never be okay, when we ourselves play into this.

Easy? No one has it easy.
Don’t tell me that I’m better off. Alright. It’s alright…
It’s all gonna be alright. It’s not gonna be alright.

Now I’m back where I never thought I’d live for long.
I’m in this skin.

All could have been so normal to walk these streets with you.
Is this the place that you met my mother, held her hand? Did you?

Easy? No one has it easy.
Don’t tell me, no, that I’m better off.

Life is now so normalized, a journey that I mapped out in my preteen years… at least my ears.
I know it’s been interesting, the unique way that I’ve seen the years pass, all so fast.

Easy?
Is it prejudice?
Is it harassment?
Is it domestic violence?
Is it in your head?
Is it something I said?
Is it ever easy?
Is it easy?

[All could have] been so normal to walk these streets with you.
Is this the place that you met my mother, held her hand? Did you?

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from Poppycock, released March 13, 2019
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