heartened by those who’ve suggested that they should. And I join my “Mami, did you see what happened?” I begged. When I couldn’t take Mami’s silence anymore, I grabbed her warm wrist and squeezed. Why do you think the queer community has gravitated to your work in such an overt way?AX: On my pillow / Can’t get me tired / Sharing my fragile truth / That I still hope the door is open / Cuz the window / Opened one time with you and me / Now my forever’s falling down,”V sings in English.