Thursday, September 22, 2022

thought experiment

In touch with my interoceptive feelings

As I monitor my sensations from head to toe

An experience I alone contain in my anatomy

At times I think about being in a different body


Once I could run effortlessly long distances

And lift and carry heavy weights easily

And work long hours without getting tired

But it’s not that body in my past familiar to me 


I try to imagine what it would be like

If my gender could somehow switch

Knowing there's no way to really know

Except that it would not feel the same inside


No doubt others would treat me differently

Often offensively in my case becoming female 

But my introspection concerns my outlook on life

If I were constructed differently 


No longer being flooded with male hormones

Urging me to mate and procreate

My perspective contemplates a role reversal

What if men got pregnant and gave birth


I dare say the law would enshrine choice

And many other things would change

If women could walk away leaving the men

To contend with the fetus and subsequent labor