Alien Party

I won’t be a father, never a mother

Nobody’s sister, nobody’s brother

The only box that I check is “other”

I think I must be from another planet

And on my birthday my ship crash landed

And every moment since I’ve had to discover

How this species works

Here on earth

And why everybody’s gotta be a him or her

But I’m just not

And that’s a lot

For humans who were born saying ma’am and sir

It’s hard to keep my green eyes starry

Living here feels like an alien party

It’s the middle of summer, no shirts in the lake

People are staring like they can’t get me straight

Is it my scars or the lack of hair growing across my face?

Why does it matter, your obsession with gender

Girl or a boy, or just a pretender Ha

We all just flew in from outer space

So you can think in out of this world ways

Don’t know

How this species works

Here on earth

And why everybody’s gotta be a him or her

But I’m just not

And that’s a lot

For humans who were born saying ma’am and sir

It’s hard to keep my green eyes starry

Living here feels like an alien party

Where are all the aliens like me?

Where are all the

Missing spaceships crashed into the sea?

Where are all the

Where are all the others wondering

How this species works

Here on earth

And why everybody’s gotta be a him or her

But we’re just not

And that’s a lot

For humans who were born saying ma’am and sir

It’s hard to keep my green eyes starry

Living here feels like an alien party