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Parker · 03-07-2012, 02:08 PM

Before DADT was repealed, I was thinking of working on a spoken word piece about it.
A few minutes ago, I decided to put those thoughts down on paper.

Don’t ask don’t tell
March 7, 2012

Don’t ask me who I am
And I wont show you the real me

Ask me to volunteer
To stand beside my sisters and brothers
In battle
To watch them die
To carry them home
In a box

Ask me to defend your right
To take away my rights
To bash me
To oppress me
To vote against me
To keep me from the ones that I love

Ask me to protect and defend
The Constitution
Of the United States
While you change it
To make sure
I am no longer represented
By it

But don’t ask me who I am
Beneath this uniform
Pinned to these medals

If you don’t ask
I won't tell.

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03-07-2012, 02:08 PM	#10
Parker Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: Butch. Lesbian. Dyke. Woman. Female. Preferred Pronoun?: She, of course! Relationship Status: Content Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Small Town Life Posts: 2,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,858 Thanked 11,727 Times in 2,429 Posts Rep Power: 0	Before DADT was repealed, I was thinking of working on a spoken word piece about it. A few minutes ago, I decided to put those thoughts down on paper. Don’t ask don’t tell March 7, 2012 Don’t ask me who I am And I wont show you the real me Ask me to volunteer To stand beside my sisters and brothers In battle To watch them die To carry them home In a box Ask me to defend your right To take away my rights To bash me To oppress me To vote against me To keep me from the ones that I love Ask me to protect and defend The Constitution Of the United States While you change it To make sure I am no longer represented By it But don’t ask me who I am Beneath this uniform Pinned to these medals If you don’t ask I won't tell.