ecodeviance
By CAConrad
dear glen of
goldenrod
I would have
your abortion
not being devoted to the way
things appear
you want me to
be fearless but
I cannot relax in
your world I can
go home where
success collides with
all the bad
behavior that
fed me to the
tyranny of the
chrysalis
you ask if
Shakespeare
was queer
I say the love of
his Juliet and his
Romeo was as
outlaw as it gets
devoted to the way
things are means the
odds are bad
sometimes white men
with long hair nod to
me downtown because
I'm a white man with
long hair
you think
having your
abortion means
I love you
what can
I say
Copyright Credit: CAConrad, "Ecodeviance" from ecodeviance: (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness. Copyright © 2014 by CAConrad. Reprinted by permission of Wave Books.
Source: ecodeviance: (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness (Wave Books, 2014)