Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Queer Death

I dream of a day
when "they" are the minority
and most people
unreserved accept
our inalienable right to love.
A queer,
beaten to death
April first.
nineteen ninety-one.
No joke--
by four young thugs
full of fear
and ignorance.
May all rest in peace.

April 1991