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Cupcakes in the Oven
I feel like I might be gay.
There was a time in my life when I entertained the thought
But now it feels more like my daytime fantasies are peeling up from my brain
And taking shape, rising up like cupcakes in the oven
As I grew older I wondered what if I liked girls
But brushed it off, those thoughts were soon flattened
And I would not let them rise
Like pastry dough
Sweet on my tongue like my first kiss
My first real love who made me wonder
About boys and girls
And so that kiss became less of a what if
And more of a what now
The boys I dated came and went
Girls were hard to come by
But what I felt for him was faded
Like a worn t-shirt, left in the sun
Bleached from the longevity of its disuse
And now I begin to wonder
If it's even worth putting that shirt back on
Why would I do that
When there are cupcakes in the oven?
There are but seconds left
Until the timer goes off.
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The poem is pretty self-explanatory!