STATION X.II
What Would Jesus Do
If Jesus is a real person he hangs out with trans sex workers
He washes their hair and lets them put their feet up
He listens to their stories
Like he did with the lepers.
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If Jesus is real he stands outside Planned Parenthood
And protects trans people as they hurry past the protesters
To pick up their hormone replacement therapy
He holds out his arms so they don’t have to see the angry signs
He sings in their ears to drown out the sound of the yelling.
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If Jesus is real he the nurse in the post-op room
When the bandages are changed after a top surgery.
He is there to clean up to blood and goo,
There to clean up the painful, beautiful, rattling sobs.
He is offering a cup of water.
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If Jesus is real then he sits with a person questioning their gender identity
He lets them speak of their body, undone.
He reminds them that he knows that it is to be a body, undone.
A body, undone, reborn.