Queer People
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.
Publication Details
Original Citation
Erebus Rising 4 (1971).
Word Count
50
Original Publication
Date Published
1971
Book Appearance
Complete Poems
247
Themes and Motifs
Theme(s)
Notes and Commentary
No page number in Ward for original publication in Erebus Rising