Maryanna - Julia Marcell

I want to be a boy and i wanna hit on girls,

the sun sets down in Olsztyn town in 1984,

high school walls and high school halls

all about the dissolve.

She pulls a flower from her mouth,

a string of pearls from her eyes

chromosomes ant martyrdom

dressed in suit and tie.

How I wished to understand,

but I couldn’t even try.

Maryanna don’t be afraid of me

from far away I look ok

but close up you can see.

Maryanna, on somedays you might say

no black, no white, a sea of grey

I am you and you are me.

Only wearing black, in this body I am bound

Three rounds of bandage round my chest,

I get around in Olsztyn town

closed up, with the curtains drawn,

so scared of what might hurt.