sam jya ku
[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
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.