Boys like us walk by and we shake our heads in disgust
Look at that queen!
That woman!
That cunt!
Disgusted at images that mirror back at and between us
we don't find ourselves worthy
as objects of our own lust
Are we the kind of boys we want?
And if not?
who will have we?
who will have we
if we wont have us?
who will have we if we wont have us?
I like men masculine men like a man's man
i sorta compress what i'm looking for
i wouldn't feel comfortable dating someone who's feminine
masculine men can be flamboyant as well
p diddy's a perfect example
titles kind of mess us up
like how we interact with each other
how we get along with one another
operative word being "get along" with one another
i think that is predicated on how we perceive masculinity and femininity
If we are not the
muscle fitted
doo rag wearing
shoulders sturdy
broad and daring
if we are not the baritone speaking
block motion reaching
testerone jeering
black
butch
men
if we are not
if instead we are
limp wrested
high pitched
circular in motion
and dressed with good stitch
if instead we are emotionative
and outward
bodies human and beautiful
in imperfect design
if we like to cook
to read
to snap
to snap!
to snap!!!
or to cry
but you
but me
but we
but I?
are we the kind of boys we want?
alright so, would u date you?
Um.. would u date yourself?
I would not date myself?
I wouldn't date myself
No.
would u date you?
I would?
what about you, would u date yourself?
Yes (Laughs)
Would u date you?
yes.
okay tell me more about that
i mean, its just a yes
i mean we have the same things in common
it means our personalities click
and that means that it's game
i would love to meet someone with the standards that i have
and with the outlook with the outlook
the feeling of freedom that i Have
I know I look good on sight
so if i see me
I'm like God leee!!!
I don't know
cause like i i think i got some stuff i need to work on for myself
but i think, like i said before, if i dated myself being another person
i would have to have a really good understanding of myself
i would really have to spend time with myself and learn myself
now would u date you?
I'd date a more masculine version of me
I would date myself
obviously you would
no
knowing how I am now i would date myself
I'd probably get into a lot of fights with myself
we sit stare out like vultures in need
what drives this desire for the masculinity
of which we feed?
um a few years ago i would have said that
i would have never dated another feminine guy
but..i guess..i've become in touch with myself more
and i realize you know there are other guys like me
and being that im a good person
i think i'd probably be missing out on someone else
so i open the door to anything
I don't care if you're a top bottom or verse
it shouldn't really matter if you're masculine or feminine
if I like you I like you,
but in our community that's not the case
You know as a top, you're supposed to be masculine?
Are we the kind of boys we want?
and if not?
who will have we?
who will have we
if we won't have us?
who will have we
if we wont have us?
My name is Anthony Antoine
and sadly I was never the type of boy i want,
thankfully i grew up,
and i'm definitely the type of man I want
My name is Chase Andrews,
and I am the kind of man I want
I think.
My name is Orlando Montford,
and I am working up to becoming the kind of boy I want
My name Is Darian Aaron,
and I am the kind of man i want
When I hear this poem,
"Are we the kind of boys we want"
I think about all of the kinds of boys that i have been
trying to get the boy that i want
i've been all the boys in the poem
and now i'm just me
and my name is Khalid.
and I am the kind of boy that i want
When i hear this poem
i think of all the beautiful boys
waiting to be loved
my name is Anye Elite,
and finally, I am the man that i want
my name is Tobias,
and i might just be the kind of man i want!
Circular in motion and dressed with good stitch laughing (Ok)
You can't laugh!
Block motion reaching...
do that one more time
stop stepping out of the camera!
What are you doing?!
It just that your laughing at me man!
Read!
To snap!
Or to lie!!
Do it again do it again
Say it again, what's the line?
we may like to cook to read to snap or to cry
Oh to cry?
Did you say lie or did i?
Naw i didn't say it
oh okay give me the line again!
what drives this mas..ugh
My name is Yolo Akili
and when i first wrote this poem
I was not the kind of boy that I want
however it feels good to say in this present moment
that I am the kind of man that i want
and I want to invite you
whoever you are
or wherever you are
To Become What You Desire