Tracy Wai de Boer
if we’re counting
i’d count for half
they tell me
what i am
basically
white
basically
meaning,
not quite
but almost
close
they tell me what i am
does not exist
because
there’s no such thing
as what i am
they say,
if they believed in
gay or straight
then i’d be just one
right ?
maybe basically
what could i say
defined by
my almost
my basically
and tentative
but always,
not quite
always almost
trying, proving
but not quite
claiming
counting for one
Tracy Wai de Boer is a writer living in Toronto. Her work has been published in Catapult, Hypatia, and the anthology, Front Lines. In 2017, Tracy attended the Emerging Writer’s Intensive at the Banff Centre. She is currently completing her PhD in philosophy. “maybe basically” is her first published poem.
