Asexuality

 

I delight in thoughts and expectations

for the day coming soon

in which any child may grow

to accept his or her asexuality as normal;

when even a grandchild might grow up

taking pride in their own healthy asexuality

inherited perhaps a wee bit from

a great-great-grandpa and a great-grandpa too

as well as of course for sure a ’twampa me;

the son of a mother who never said

“big boys don’t cry”, let him carry a dolly

sew, mend and play mostly with girls

and babysit like girls did but few boys;

and who never understood his male pals

fascination and excitement over nudie-mags

or why gay guys who scoped him out

thought they needed to have their gaydar fixed.
                                                 2015,02,14

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