Lavender Starship/Page 11/way 1973

BEAUTY

OUTLOOKING

HOPE'S LAND

PROMISE

FUCK YOUR GENDER

THIS IS NOT BUNK ))

Talkin bout high energy creativity,

and about finding personal Revolution

and You seeing the success it brings in the faces

of the person-on-the-street.

I can remember my feelings the first time I saw a da-rag queen

were a mixture of shock (Booga! Booga!),

and just feeling that "person" must have been very strange (how queer!). Then I remember when I discovered how fine, wise, and crazy

this drag was whom I had made close friends with.

Though not a political-minded gay,

she was in her own way a very liberated person.

And I became fascinated by her lifestyle and attitude

"I will dress any way I please!!!"

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The dress was black ani shiny,

and slipped with a sleek, smooth feeling down over my head and shoulders

and my whole body said

"noh that's nice",

and my head went -

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"wow that's strange, if it feels good

And then with rhinestone Moon and silver Star pinned on,

I walked into the dance and was met by a zap

on myself.

Very conscious of my self and how I felt.

Very conscious of every face and therein.

Lots of shifts and answers running about in my head.

WHY NOT BE COLORFUL?

IF YOU FEEL COLORFUL,

IF YOU LOVE COLORS,

BE COLORFULL!

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Lavender and bright blue eyes are always a pleasure to look at.

And folks look,

and they all see the samo thing,

and they all react different:

EEEK

"Goddam faggot!"

"Teo-hee (not to be confused with titter)"

"Gee-zuss K-Reist!"

"Hey! He has pretty eyes"

WHATTLI

A MAN? PRETTY? HEY!

(fuckin with the ol' linguistics)