i am not interested in legitimacy. / legitimacy is a circus that requires me to convince others / of what already is. / i have more important things to do with my time. / does the ground have to authenticate itself to the feet? / does water have to substatiate itself to the tongue? / i have nothing to prove. / my dignity is not up for debate. / i accept myself. / and that is not only enough, / it is everything.
-- Alok Vaid-Menon, Your Wound / My Garden, p. 47
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