Goth Is Beautiful

I’m a Goth with piercings, tattoos, multicoloured hair — all of it. I also collect skulls. I have glass skulls, pottery skulls, and plastic ones. I also have real animal skulls — ethically sourced! — which I paint various colours and hang on my walls. My workmates know this. 

I also have a garden — which I did not plant and largely ignore — that has pink roses and other flowers in it. I have to cut back some of it one day as it is growing over the path. I remember that [Coworker #1] loves pink roses, so I make her a bouquet of what I cut back. She loves it and puts it in a jar on her desk.

[Coworker #2] sees it.

Coworker #2: “Where did you get that bouquet?”

Coworker #1: “[My Name] gave it to me from their garden.”

[Coworker #2] turns to me in absolute incredulity.

Coworker #2: “You have pretty things?!”