Queer History, Part 19
after the parade
Queer History, Part 19
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After I stopped going to pride parades,
after Macklemore,
after Elton, Ellen, Rosie,
after GLSEN and PFLAG
after Coors, and Hilfiger and Pennys,
after safe space and the Out 100
after gay marriage billboards
after It Gets Better
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after my anger softened under the pestle of resignation,
Congressmen and equality stickers marched
into my living room, came
for my love
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- unruly, slopfaced, unsanitary -
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demanded
Where's. your. fairytale.
Your. hers. and. hers.
Come out from under our thumbs, now.
Shake loose your skirts.
Smile for us, pretty.
Smile pretty for us.
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Dane BH
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Excellent words Dane