neither

i want girls to see me as another girl i want guys to see me as another guy but i am neither. i am like my lesbian friends i am like my gay friends but i am neither. this binary was not built for people who look like me i can't help but think i am incompatible— or maybe just bisexual. i read about tribal genders: carnivore, cannibal. head hunter, dog eater. i feel the thrill of belonging— i am ancient, americans say i am american, ancestors say but i am neither.