The Poetic Portrait of a Hijra

The Poetic Portrait of a Hijra, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

a mesmerizing world
she inhabits
her soul in the bottle
of her body does not fit
she is a woman
without a slit
holding on to
her testicular turpitude
to wit
she is sometimes man
sometimes woman
yes a hijda
so be it
macho society
uses her as a punching bag
to hit
breast implants
a missing clit
a hairy story the face
the hollows of her armpit
the world is a stage
she enacts her sad skit
on her fate
her bad luck
loves to spit