Queer People

Queer people eat soup
with a spoon just as I do
and burn their mouths
if it is too hot.
I know a man who sits
in a swivel chair so when
his phone rings he can whirl
until it stops ringing
on the theory that bells
make him dizzy.

    Original Citation

    Erebus Rising 4 (1971).

    Word Count
    50
    Original Publication
    Date Published
    1971
    Book Appearance
    Complete Poems
    247
    First Line
    Queer people eat soup
    Poetic Form
    open
    Bibliographic Notes

    No page number in Ward for original publication in Erebus Rising

    Twitter Quote
    bells / ​make him dizzy