WELCOME TO ALL THAT
He’s my pop-cultured brother
from a different mother
and father, my
transatlantic Nordic God
of all things relevant
to our mutual development
as well-informed adult
homosexual men.
He’s my politically-informed
citizen of the world,
left of left of left of center,
more qualified to serve
than my own state’s senator,
crushing any fears
that I’m the only one to have
mmmboped myself to sleep
next to pillows that,
in the glow of high definition television screens,
smell like the golden boy of
the golden age of boybands.
He’s my entertainment weekly,
my rolling stone,
my paparazzi partner, us,
the handsome leads
hiding in Hollywood-suburbia bushes
if time and geography
had made us neighbors,
surely best friends
waiting past sundown,
screaming like girls
for a glimpse of the latest
Prince of California.
© Bryan Borland
that’s beautiful,
keep shining,
jingle
February 4, 2010 at 5:17 pm
This is really good Bryan. I enjoyed reading it, and adding the links really made it an interesting, interactive kind of experience.
paulandrewrussell
February 4, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Bryan, you’re making the guy sound almost cool! *blush*
Loved, loved, loved it. And that screaming girl part? = me when I read it.
If only I could do something in return.
queerlefty
February 4, 2010 at 5:46 pm
I love the way this one reads outloud…it made me smile as I thought about the boy bands and all the references that you made within the poem..excellent work.
slpmartin
February 4, 2010 at 6:01 pm
4 new poems this week! every one exciting. you are rolling
Ray Sharp
February 4, 2010 at 9:56 pm
It’s fun – and of course I clicked all the links… only to find that all the boys just make me feel old.
sigh…
Sometimes you just gotta love something for academic reasons.
Patrice Lynne Young
February 4, 2010 at 10:14 pm
I’m reading and I’m all, well this is cool and den, the whole prince of California thing cracked me up…
But see I’m old and retired and couldn’t give a shit about any body in general. So who is the new lust bunny for young gay men?.
Perhaps some day it will be you!!!!
“OMG…Is that Bryan Borland the poet?”
“I think it is!”
“Do you think it’s true what Bindo wrote about him?
“The whole tripod thing?”
“Yeah!!”
“Who knows with Bindo, he’s such a liar!”
But it looks worthy from here.”
bindo
February 4, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Really interesting stuff my friend, thanks for it, now that I am trying to make poetry myself I can feel much more connected to all that is here indeed, and also to the great effort you did to organize and support poets of all kinds and respected their work with an amazing open mind indeed.
marianasoffer
February 5, 2010 at 8:00 am
i love what you are doing with the links
that is the concept i am using for Referential Magazine http://referentialmagazine.com 
jessiecarty
February 5, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Aw! Friendship!
I will have to check out his blog, if all this is true…
Joseph Harker
February 5, 2010 at 10:07 pm
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