a book of revelations in poetry

a gender reveal party where the
middle of the cake is a guitar amplifier and
everyone’s confused until the “g” falls off
to reveal the word “Fender” and then
the pregnant woman deafens the room
with a SICK speed metal solo.

a gender reveal party where the
colour of the centre of the cake is blackish-green
then a xenomorph Alien bursts
out of the husband’s chest

a gender reveal party where the
colour of the centre of the cake is yellow and black striped and
in the confusion
a swarm of angry bees in unleashed on the crowd

a gender reveal party where the
whole thing isn’t creepily focused on
the little baby’s genitals and
there’s no colour in the middle of the cake at all
it’s just a normal cake and
it’s just a regular baby shower and
it’s better than a creepy-ass
performatively gender-normative
gender reveal party
you weirdos