#followtheswarm

[bleeding-pomegranate]

To be queer is to be political, You did not vote, declaring it As if it is a medal to be won, The first pride was a riot We were born breathing tear gas. You have sanded yourself down They say you are one of them People can be tamed as lions, You are a common circus trick, A flicker of your former flame. Not long enough divides us From epidemics and persecution, But yet we have forgotten Being queer is to be unable To forget.

Apathy is assimilation // Harper Calloway