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Homo World

by Max Wallis

What if homosexuality was the norm, not hetero-? A straight's 'coming out': Homo World, 

 

 

Homo World

Heterosexuality was unheard of in our town
the thing of New York, London, Manchester’s Mecca
on TV, in pamphlets
relegated to short stories
and Vaseline-smeared-porn. 
Rock Stars and Pop Stars
not everyone. Not us. 
Not in our town. 

Occasionall...

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Wednesday 9th June 2010 8:40 am

homo   gay   straight   sex   love   lust   fear

A Thousand Oceans

by Gus Jonsson

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I waken to the grey smear of day

How weary the wait

Chilly chatter mornings

Rolling like debt

Into never ending anywhere shrill

  To fill the longest heat of day

Until 

Like a gypsy’s promise

A kiss

Soft upon wetted breeze

 

The night

 

 

 

The night is familiar

 Like pages

Opening within a cloak of comfort

Wherein ...

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Tuesday 2nd February 2010 2:12 pm

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