Non-Binary

David Radavich

Does it matter

what gender we are,

what amnesty?

This tree perhaps

is triune or more,

that hibiscus

has an obvious

masculinity problem.

(Who’s embarrassed

but you?)

Fertility is always

useful, whatever

the genitalia.

If we are both

or none, or many,

let it be fully

rainbow trout

unashamed sunset

yourself in drag

or just

curious confetti.

Among David Radavich's poetry collections are two epics, America Bound (2007) and America Abroad (2019), as well as Middle-East Mezze(2011) and The Countries We Live In (2014). His latest book is Unter der Sonne / Under the Sun: German and English Poems from Deutscher Lyrik Verlag.