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• POEMS / GAY PRI POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTSENSUALVIRTUOSO   FOLLOWON MAY 08 2014 09:17 AM PST  FREEDOM
• GAY PRI POEMS - POEMS ABOUT GAY PRI
• GAY PRI
• ROSS GAY: A WAY WH WORDS
• POEM OF THE WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE ENGLISH DEPT: B. SHGHNSY,"GAY PRI WEEKEND, S.F., 1992"

POEMS / GAY PRI POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTSENSUALVIRTUOSO   FOLLOWON MAY 08 2014 09:17 AM PST  FREEDOM

Last night, I went to a gay bar. I live next to a bar that’s not a gay bar.

While I slept, a man went to a gay club. The protter the photo was gay, you know,.

“ar gaybashers” by Jill McDonough. Rty: Now, is that gaybashg?

GAY PRI POEMS - POEMS ABOUT GAY PRI

and driv around San Francis chuckg them at gays?

GAY PRI

the srf Josey sewed om antique silk kimonos: so gay. Josey and Rty and Bob make fun of the gaybashers, and I. homophobic eaks.

ROSS GAY: A WAY WH WORDS

“homosexualy” by Frank O’Hara. “Gay pri weekend” by brenda shghnsy.

“the 17-Year-old & the gay bar” by Danez Smh. this g-heavy heaven, blsed ground to thk gay & mean we. I want to live on his tongue, build a home of gospel & gayety.

POEM OF THE WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE ENGLISH DEPT: B. SHGHNSY,"GAY PRI WEEKEND, S.F., 1992"

The double meang wh body and “boy” is clever and the acronym wh the poem metaphorilly speaks to the plights of a trans dividual.the bo’y wak upthe bo’y looks at selfthe bo’y notic somethg missgthere is both too much and not enough flh on the bo’ythe bo’y is vered hairwhat a hairy bo’ysome mak look more like a bo’ysome mak look more like a monsterthe bo’y did not learn to shave om s fatherso tght self how to graze s sk and cut thgs offthe bo’y cuts self by accintthe blood remds the bo’y is a bo’yremds the bo’y how a bo’y bleedsremds the bo’y that not every bo’y bleedsthe bo’y talks to a girl about bleedgshe explas how this bo’y worksthis bo’y is different om hersbo’y has too much and not enough flh to be herthe blogy of a bo’y is jtbo’y will only ever be a bo’ythe bo’y is Blackso the bo’y is and will only ever be a bo’ythe bo’y uldn’t be a man if triedthe bo’y triedthe bo’y feels emptythe bo’y feels like will only ever be emptythe bo’y feels that will never hold the weight of another bo’y si of no matter how many ds f si the bo’ythe bo’y is a hollow fa attempts a nvcg veneerbo’y drs — what hips on the bo’ybo’y pats s face — what lips on the bo’ybo’y adorns self wh labels wrten for lovelier amwhat a betiful bo’ystill a bo’ybut a fierce bo’y nowa royal bo’y nowa bo’y worthy of beg lled queenwhat a dazzlg seto turn a bo’y to a lie everyone lov to look atthe bo’y looks at selfthe bo’y se all the gawkg at s glossthe bo’y hears all the mass askg for s missgthe bo’y offers all of s letters— ‘ b ’ for the birth— ‘ o ’ for the operatn— ‘ y ’ for the lack left s genwhat this bo’y would abandonfor the risk of  beg realthe bo’y is realenough and too muchexistg as s own erasure— what an elive d —evadg removalavoidg regnnleavg jt a bo’ythat is never lostbut n’t be found2"Dear Gaybashers" by Jill McDonoughMIGUEL SCHINCARIOL/AFP/Getty ImagWrten 2014, “Dear Gaybashers” by Jill McDonough is a mt-read for everybody, but pecially those who thk their tnts and jabs will sre off the LGBTQ+ muny om livg and lovg their life. They are strong, they are uned, and they uldn't re ls what you thk.The night we got bashed we told Rty howthey drove up, yelled QUEER, threw a hot dog, sped off.Rty: Now, is that gaybashg? Good pot.Josey pied the fools: who buys a perfectly good pack of wienersand driv around San Francis chuckg them at gays?And who speeds off?

Missg the pot, the pleasure of the bash?Dear bashers, you should have seen the hot dog h my neck,the srf Josey sewed om antique silk kimonos: so gay. Youmissed lghg at , nfed, your raw hot dog on the ground.Josey and Rty and Bob make fun of the gaybashers, and Iwash my srf the sk. Not hot dogs thrown om F-150s,homophobic eaks.