Queer as in:
inconvenient and immoral
don’t let the 11-year-old know
what will they turn into,
if they knew what options they had?
Queer as in:
my safety is invisible to most,
the world is smaller to me.
there are places I cannot go,
and people I cannot meet.
Queer as in:
my grandmother never got to know who I am,
my immediate family decided that
learning of a queer identity would cause the 93-year-old
a quick and untimely death
Queer as in:
it wouldn’t matter if I tried my best
to live out my life in the factory setting.
there would always be something off
traditional medicine could not fix.
Queer as in:
pride is not always a rainbow,
sometimes it’s just blues.
better take up an art practice
to routinely find joy.