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September 1, 2010

Sibling Rivalry Press – Accepting Submissions

I’ve been busy revamping the website for Sibling Rivalry Press. To quote Jay-Z (who, thanks to my new generation iPod Shuffle and its need to play the same song again and again, is stuck in my head), “I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man!”

And we are open for business. We’re accepting submissions for Assaracus, a new (quarterly?) journal focused on gay writers, and we’re also accepting submissions of poetry chapbooks and manuscripts (not exclusive to GLBT content or authors). The plan is to publish four books in 2011, and the reading period will remain open until those slots are filled.

Details on SRP’s website.

Spread the word, baby. Who’s ready to fly the flag of artistic outlaw?

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August 19, 2010

An Outsider’s Guide to Gay Marriage

Monday he wakes me after he showers
with a hand on my stomach. He smells
like soap and coffee. Tuesday he cuts
the grass. I meet him at the door with water,
towel the sweat from his forehead.
On Wednesday we sit on the sofa,
my feet on his lap. We watch too many
hours of reality television, then go
to bed early. On Thursday, I show him
again the easiest way to chop an onion.
I make chicken soup, he cleans the dishes.
We fold laundry and play with our cats.
On Friday, we meet after work
for dinner. It is date night; we talk
about the week and plan our grocery list.
Saturday morning we sleep late. I indulge
myself in his warmth, feel protected
in his orbit. Then it is Sunday,
more chores around the house,
our schedules built to end the day
with Desperate Housewives and a plate
full of food, the same as every
other house on the block.

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August 17, 2010

It’s a Grand Old Party (But You’re Not Invited)

Week 1 – Fuck Hispanics
Burn the 14th Amendment
after they mow the lawn.
Week 2 – Fuck Homosexuals
Place them in solitary confinement
so they cannot marry or mate.
Week 3 – Fuck Muslims
Because God is an American.
Week 4 – Fuck Women
Brand their uteruses
with corporate barcodes.
Week 5 – Fuck the Poor
Choke the hungry
on scraps of hate.
Week 6 – Fuck Christians
Jesus said Pull Thy Puppet Strings,
the way to the White House is through me.
Week 7 – Fuck Earth
Religion is real.
Global warming is a myth.
Week 8 – Fuck History
and rewrite the truth
in the books of schoolchildren.
Week 9 – Fuck Anyone
without a penis between
pale, white legs.
Week 10 – Fuck Each Other
Everyone else
has been annihilated.

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August 5, 2010

SUMMER DIVERSITY WEEKEND IN EUREKA SPRINGS – I’LL BE THERE

I’ll be reading poetry as part of Summer Diversity Weekend this Friday and Saturday in Eureka Springs, Arkansas! Look for me at the opening mixer on Friday, August 6th, and then again at the Water Boyz Pool Party at Magnetic Valley Resort on Saturday, August 7, where I’m sure I’ll read “Aqua Hanky, Right Pocket (Aquaphilia)” from The Hanky Code. Who knows where else I’ll pop up and what I’ll read during the weekend. I’ll have copies of My Life as Adam and Fag Hag – A Scandalous Chapbook of Fabulously-Codependent Poetry available.

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July 15, 2010

LEVI’S LAMENT

It will never last, Dear Boy.
Redemption is a beautiful beast
in lingerie, but like so many
low-hanging fruits, the line
between sweet and poison
is an instant. We’re all statistics:
men like me, one in ten
who plan machiavellian affairs
with Dicks and Johnstons;
couples like you, one in two
who will meet their fate in
Anchorage courtrooms
or on cold Verona floors.
In Wasilla, Dear Boy, the nights
are two seasons long, the only place
where prayers to hold off daylight
are heard and answered
by a God (or Governor)
jealous of my time between
your legs. How sad only one
of us remembers the taste
of the other in the morning
or why there are teeth marks
in your hockey puck.

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