The moon is trans. / From this moment forward, the moon is trans. / You don't get to write about the moon anymore unless you respect that. / You don't get to talk to the moon anymore unless you use her correct pronouns. / You don't get to send men to the moon anymore unless their job is / to bow down before her and apologize for the sins of the earth. / She is waiting for you, pulling at you softly, / telling you to shut the fuck up already please. / Scientists theorize the moon was once a part of the earth / that broke off when another planet struck it. / ____ came from Adam's rib. / Etc. / Do you believe in the power of not listening / to the inside of your own head? / I believe in the power of you not listening / to the inside of your own head. / This is all upside down. / We should be talking about the ways that blood / is similar to the part of outer space between the earth and the moon / but we're busy drawing it instead. / The moon is often described as dead, though she is very much alive. / The moon has not known the feeling of not wanting to be dead / for any extended period of time / in all of her existence, but / she is not delicate and she is not weak. / She is constantly moving away from you the only way she can. / She never turns her face from you because of what you might do. / She will outlive everything you know." - the moon is trans by J. Jennifer Espinoza