sam jya ku

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[Alternate Text-Only Version]

when i think trans i think BiG L O GiSTICS TRUCK

TransForce 
EMO trans 
Big-Trans 
TransX 

propaganda parade for the 
corn wheat 
potato and cows 

50 mph unlikely allies 
barrelling 
forth 
nation wide! 

when i think trans i think of words who are my friends
trans†gression 
trans†mutation 
even trans†formation, on a good day 

†trans (prep.) “across, through, to go beyond” 
comradery in momentum 

the baddest of bad boys in the english language—  
one of us. and yes, 
my mom said i can hang out with you guys 

†from root *tere-, as in “overcome” 
Mack Truck/casual crusader 
proponent of our vigor 

a legacy on 18 wheels

 

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sam jya ku is a transcriber of funky body feelings based in Berkeley, CA and Taipei, Taiwan. Their work has been featured in Biological Creatures, the Cal Literature & Arts Magazine, and QWOCMAP. sam uses they/he pronouns and you can catch him tweeting silly things @degenhomo.