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Homo World

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

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For Time’s a Thrifty Whore

by Max Wallis

Boxers round ankles, making murmurs I held you. Kissed you.
A radiator clung to, I heated the bed.
You grabbed my thighs. Eyes undressed me though I was bare.
A smile upturned my mouth.
I memorised every angle, shadow of your face.
Washed my mind of everything except how you’re made.
My finger followed the bones down and lingered there.

Hand in hair you leant to me eyes cl...

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Wednesday 7th April 2010 12:16 am

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