So Now It’s Official (senryu)

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So Now It’s Official (senryu)

“Male, female, other?”
HR asked me. “Idiot!”
I answered; she typed.

Damn these little poems draw me in.

Technically it is a senryu as it examines human nature. I'll treat the title as a footnote or an aside so I don't have to mention that senryu shouldn't have titles, but it's fine as the ku still works without it.

There is a possible ambiguity in this, in the sense of , is the narrator calling themselves an "idiot" or HR. I presume that because of "I answered" that the narrator is calling themselves or else you would have said "I replied".

This said... I see 'she typed' as unnecessary perhaps. I doesn't seem to add anything 

could it be something like --

“Male, female, other?”
HR asked me. I sighed back,
"I'm an idiot!"

Cheers for the read.

I think the poem's intention is for "she typed" to be an essential part of the payoff. The ambiguity in the preceding lines is setup for this punchline. 

Right, is the speaker calling themselves or HR "idiot"? Presumably this also isn't clear to HR. Perhaps "she typed" thus suggests that the speaker is being written up. 

At the same time, to "type" someone is to put them in a category-box, which could be what HR is now doing, since the speaker has made clear that they are not male, female, or even other, but simply: "Idiot!"