Bio
Taylor Kovach is a transgender poet who lives in Riverview, Michigan. They hold a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with highest honors, from Michigan State University. Self-taught in the medium of the poetic arts that spans more than a decade, this artist keeps their work far from close to the chest.
Trigger Warning
Ask questions
Front and center for public humiliation
There are no stupid ones
Except for your existence
Partner up with you bullies
Or fail my class
Everyone chose weeks ago
You get to pick your poison on the spot
Lunch bell rings
You cannot trade
The 80% of square spaces
A stomach left suffering
Why don’t you ever ask questions
Why can’t you not work alone
Why won’t you finish your food
Why must you be so difficult
Writing down the condescension
Taking notes on every word
Knowing there’ll be Monday-fresh ones
If I’m not careful with my breathing
You should know this already
It’s obviously common sense
You should know how I want you to act
Just take an educated guess
If you don’t follow these simple rules
That no one ever taught
Those hidden ones implied
Trouble is all you wrought
Selfish, rude, insensitive to others
Dramatic, loud, too sensitive to self
Asocial, unparticipative, distracted
Disrespectful, inappropriate, misbehaving
Nervous to walk to the office
Nervous to open my mouth
To answer any question
Nervous to just be myself
Scared to move the wrong way
Scared to color outside a line
To not follow to the letter
Scared to ask the time
Why can’t I ever let loose
Why won’t I try new things
Why don’t I speak up
Why would I be so difficult