Professional Eulogist by ThermadorianGrey, literature
Literature
Professional Eulogist
The only dry eye
Belongs to the perennial pallbearer.
His countenance cold, even in Kelvin.
Pine forests falling,
Fields somewhere filling with his friends,
They're carving out quarries
And ghostwriting eulogies.
People wonder aloud what's wrong with him.
He knows Dionysus drowns more men,
Than Poseidon.
Venus takes more lives than Mars,
Walking on traintracks,
Eyes crossed like stars.
Hoods up,
Heads down.
There's no ghosts left in this town.
In a real city of angels,
In a time called black suit season,
Death is a dial tone.
I
a s k y o u t o f o l d
a s k y o u t o f o l d
memories
read-
just the letters
i mailed (you re-
sent them)~do you
hear the beat
heart he beat
when
his head had
heard her heart
sigh?
he art fully
crafts his lies
to lie
by her thighs;
togetherinbed
I
ask you to fold
a sky out of old
from ragweed to wishes (dandelions are wishweeds) by ChloroformBoy, literature
Literature
from ragweed to wishes (dandelions are wishweeds)
plant a family
tree on my back
yard. rain on it.
rain on my parade. pour raid on anthills
& hope the termights gnaw on carpenter
ant autopsies instead of your great-aunt's
oak effigy. hope the wouldpeckers chew
on rotten roses instead of your favourite
summer sundress. draw a ladder; build a
treehouse with your only father & ascend
to paradise. swim through honey rivers &
drink pollen through a bendy straw. thank
mother nature, mother earth, your mother.
repeat. climb down its brickly branches;
find the root of the world's problems. capture
I am gay.
I'm not a disease, I'm not a problem
I'm not an affliction
I don't need treatment.
I don't need help
I'm not sick
I'm not confused
I'm not a sin.
I am gay.
I'm your daughter
Your sister
Your friend
Your co worker
Your classmate
Your acquaintance
A complete stranger
I am gay.
I need love, just like you
I need smiles
I need support
I need a hug
I need a friend
I need a family
I need acceptance
I need understanding
I need you
I am gay.
I know what love is
I know what pain is
I know what hate is
I know what life is
I am gay.
And I need you to love me
The same way you loved me before you knew
I am gay.