WHY?

Lil- California

Why did I decide to change? Nothing exotic, nothing strange. Simply, I like girls. Don't you? Nothing in that fact that's new. I love their poetry of clothes, Their whimsicality of pose,

Their freedom in their walk, their dance, Their urge to please the casual glance, Their liquid curviness of motion Their whimsied nerviness of notion, Impulsiveness to please, have fun, To do things as things should be done. I like girls as girls and friends. Upon that fact my change depends.

The silly, actual truth is this: Changing from mister to a miss Is no more trouble for a man

Than for any girl. You can.

Simply do what all girls do

Lips brightened to a cheerful hue,

Eyes limned for depth and wide-eyed splendor.

Think of yourself as sweet and tender

While you let your hair grow long

As any girl does. That so wrong?

Chose brassiers that lift and flatter.

Any girl does, for that matter.

These are real and not "pretends".

Don't I look real . . . real as my friends!?

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