Men loving men
Anal invaders
Sex Pests
Promiscuous Devils
Seducers
Opportunists
Clichéd effeminate
Ball bursting touchy feely
Perfumed soft Adam’s…
Burning Sodomites…
Sensitive assholes
Pink as tongues
Girly, limp wrist
Cocking sucking
Bell boys
That’s hilarious. Can’t tell if it’s an ode or out of disgust or both. What I like about it is that even though it’s a commentary on homosexuality, it’s NOT written from a wholly gay perspective. It’s coming from a pure vantage point, which makes sense since you claim to be bisexual, but it’s more than that, too, like you’re standing outside of it all, not quite laughing. This all referring to tone, which is subtle and uniquely you. In terms of content, I like the audacity and the honesty. It forces any reader to be uncomfortable. Very punk rock, you are. I’d only remove the word “cliched” and replace it with “obligatory.” I think the concept of cliché is death to any work, so much so that even the mention of it rubs off some poison. The word cliché is a cliché in the mouths of those who would aim to defy or villify all that is cliché.
Hey Olaf…
Teapots mincing arm in arm,
Social morés seek to harm,
Cottaged cheese on toasted dread,
Ginger screws Ginger - Fred screws Fred.
Daisychain and pearl necklace,
Sanctify a love not less,
but more I guess, of the same
freed from stigma and of shame…?
Not quite old boy, not yet, no way,
perhaps tomorrow or another day,
But cumming soon will be the time,
When bending the rules will be just fine.
Tab.
Excellent Tabula! All the right metaphors and connotations in this poem! The last stanza is the most clear for me and worth a laugh!
‘But cumming soon will be the time,
When bending the rules will be just fine.’
hating exactly what you want the most. thats what i got from it.
This is interesting. My response to one of Colinsigns previous poems was so similar to this, it’s almost spooky. (It was so long-winded however, I didn’t end up posting it.) So it’s interesting someone else sees this in Colinsigns work as well – not that it’s profound – just that nobody seems to have mentioned it till now?
Nice one Tab. It reminded me of a gay Alice in Wonderland – very Colinsign.