Oh, Ricardo, alias Racquel, <br />Why do you want to sue me? <br />For others, as myself, the State of Michigan, <br />And you behind prison bars, HA, do tell, do tell, <br />It is apparent that you a transsexual in transition, <br />-not an enviable position <br />You’re not a woman, not a man, <br />If you are confused your fate, then, <br />Do you expect to understand as well? <br />You expect the state should pay to complete your sex change, <br />Your anatomy to be a charge of the state to be rearranged, <br />You stated that you wish to be a female inmate … <br />which I understand completely, <br />For you were under physical and psychological duress at the <br />Riverside Correctional Facility, <br />You’ve been castrated, received breast implants, and had undergone hormonal treatments <br />By your very own account, <br />Well it is up to finish you up, Racquel, <br />Now that’s just swell. <br />Oh Racquel, <br />I wish you well, <br />But not if I have to pay, And by some weird fluke, <br />If you were begot by a Duke he would a daughter instead of a son, <br />Then you would forever be known as Duchess Ellington.<br /><br />Joe Rosochacki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/duchess-ellington/
