the profit margin of a revolution

swath me in June-rainbow towels and t-shirts,

now for purchase at your local target,

the market is rainbow — Mark crunched the numbers,

and the numbers dictate that ads should don rainbow vectors

and that featuring “diversity” is now a viable marketing strategy.

it sells well now to be gay,

those trans shirts sell well,

make every cent count! we’ll sell toilet covers in rainbow, too;

baby, whatever you want to buy, we got it in that colorway.

but let’s circle back to that last point, re: toilets:

to be honest, TBH, there IS a Wrong and Right way to use the bathroom,

isn’t there?

no, no, no, sorry, so sorry, my apologies, did I offend?

no worries, no worries

we have gay AND trans doorknobs,

if you sign up with your email now you get 10% off,

just make sure you turn the doorknob to the Bathroom Assigned At Birth,

just please, please, please don’t say

that we’re selling the revolution back to you at three times the price,

we’re forwarding your feedback to our team,

we want you to consider us a safe space.

and please remember, if you feel like dying, if you feel like you can’t live,

just remember we are 100% here for you and love you,

which is why our diverse selection of

nooses in aisle 20

comes in rainbow,

too.

anyway, isn’t our twitter quirky and funny?

and meanwhile my bathroom floods from the ceiling on a peaceful Sunday afternoon,

and meanwhile the world’s wealth is bursting to full, lining silk-lined pockets,

and meanwhile our most vulnerable people are tossed to the streets with nothing but shame,

and meanwhile we think liberation means access to power,

and meanwhile logos turn rainbow in June.

who am I now?

a hamster in a wheel, except the wheel

now comes in rainbow, too.