So –
do you think this neighborhood is too
gay
for you,
maybe too
poor
for you
and oh, that means too
dangerous
for you?
Are you just so
uncomfortable
when you see people
who are
not
like
you
because you’re not gay –
gosh, no;
and you’re not poor,
not gonna steal some stuff
off some other soul’s back
because you were left behind
to feed a mother and two kids-
no way.
You are just a person,
after all–
you shouldn’t
have to deal
with these feelings,
these
difficult
thoughts.
No —
you can just leave them outside,
let them blow away
in the blizzard,
land on someone else’s
snowy, white
front step.
January 3, 2018