71: Women must not wear men’s clothing

The Book of Knowledge
Laws of Idolatry and Paganism
Women must not wear men’s clothing (Deut. 22:5)

            the PLAYWRIGHT from yesterday’s play (aka me) is still onstage

            he is still wearing the sundress and the stockings and the red heels

            he is frozen with his two middle fingers up

            a CHORUS OF BUTCH DYKES enters in tails and top hats

            they all look unbelievably hot

            the CHORUS lip syncs to Fred Astaire’s recording of “Puttin’ on the Ritz”

            they do a charmingly imperfect dance routine to it

            the PLAYWRIGHT remains frozen

            the CHORUS’s routine culminates in a kick line

            at which point the PLAYWRIGHT unfreezes and joins them

            the performers finish and hold for applause

            the audience goes wild

            a grand red velvet curtain descends

            as the audience files out of the theater

            they are greeted by the performers in the lobby

            who pass out syringes of testosterone and estrogen

            the syringes are unmarked

            so no one knows which hormone they are receiving

            each audience member takes their syringe home

            and contemplates whether they should use it

            they contemplate whether they like their current gender

            do you like your current gender?

            if you don’t like your current gender

            there are so many options for you

            so many genders to explore

            you took a syringe after all

            you must be curious

            don’t you want to try it?

            you pull down your pants

            you uncap your syringe

            you inject yourself in your thigh

            your body begins to vibrate

            your skin begins to glow

            and you begin singing “Puttin’ on the Ritz”

            END OF PLAY