Periwinkle

My favorite color has always been periwinkle It’s brought on accusations that I twinkle bright Sibilant s’s hit my teeth I’m drawing patterns in the sawdust at my feet Revealing gender party games They’ll be confused when you explain why you wear that dress cuz boys don’t wear dresses boys make messes and they call each other names Blue wasn’t me Pink was too obvious I was something more in between But fitting in is always best When you’re living in a one stop-light town in the Midwest Revealing gender party games They’ll be confused when you explain why you wear that dress cuz boys don’t wear dresses boys make messes and they call each other names Stones and sticks and politics The hypo-Christian hypocrites just need someone to blame For all their messes And their sons in dresses Oh the queen’s begun to flame Cuz boys don’t wear dresses Boys make messes And they learn to play the game My favorite color has always been periwinkle