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February 13, 2026

I wake in the night鈥攜es, the middle of night,

When the moon鈥檚 still on duty and stars are on site.

My alarm clock goes BEEP! far too early to cheer,

鈥淩adiation time!鈥 says the clock with a sneer.

I shuffle and wobble and mumble and yawn,

While sensible people are still fully gone.

The sun鈥檚 not awake, the birds haven鈥檛 checked in,

But off I must go for my zap-zap-zap spin.

Now first comes the pressure鈥攐h yes, there is that:

鈥淵ou must poop,鈥 says the rulebook. Imagine that chat.

I鈥檓 barely awake, my eyes glued with sleep,

Yet my colon鈥檚 expected to perform on a beep.

Then fill up the bladder鈥攐h fill it just right!

Not too much, not too little, just hold it real tight.

I鈥檓 a human balloon, I鈥檓 a walking water tower,

I鈥檓 a dam with emotions and sixty-four ounces of power.

I lie on the table, quite still as can be,

While machines hum around me like bees near a tree.

They buzz and they whirr and they circle and gleam鈥

And wouldn鈥檛 you know it? I鈥檓 starting to gleam.

I glow! Yes I glow! Like a radioactive gnome!

Like a night-light-ish hero who forgot to go home.

You might say, 鈥淕ood heavens!鈥 or 鈥淚s that a new trick?鈥

Nope鈥攋ust science and courage and zap-zap-zap鈥click.

Now hormones, dear hormones, have joined in the fun,

They鈥檝e shuffled the script and rewritten the run.

So my pronouns, you see, have expanded their realm:

Today I鈥檓 a they, and I鈥檓 owning the helm.

They who are brave.

They who persist.

They who show up even half-conscious and pissed.

(At the alarm, not the people鈥攋ust clearing that up,

I鈥檓 grumpy but grateful and sipping my cup.)

And here鈥檚 the best part, the truest by far,

The reason I shine brighter than radiation ever are:

I鈥檓 wrapped up in love鈥攐h a spectacular heap!

From family and friends who refuse to retreat.

My community cheers me, they text and they call,

They show up with meals and with jokes and with gall.

They hold me in laughter, in kindness, in care鈥

So much love that even my bladder says, 鈥淔air.鈥

So zap me and scan me and wake me too soon,

I鈥檒l glow like a lighthouse, a very full moon.

With poop planned ahead and a bladder on swell,

I鈥檓 held by my people鈥攁nd honestly? That鈥檚 what heals.

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