Working through the 227 Rules For Monks.
Queer Status: Suspended
I’ve lived with the same man
for over forty years
I don’t use poppers or party and play
so I’m not gay enough
I did hiv home care
buried friends
stepped away from the front lines
so I’m not queer enough for the room
I sleep around
sometime have unprotected sex
so I’m not a good example
I don’t like Celine Dion
which is enough to get my
gay card denied
I’m over several hills
hills that only survivors
know how daunting it can be
shamed for not being young enough
to be in the room sells us
face lifts work out routines
websites for grandpa devotees
gay marriage was a nudge
to make homosexually acceptable
in heteronormative terms
was too conditional
I was amused by the need
for that sort of card carrying conformity
I can let myself out
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