queer is such a queer word
i think i like my words queer

matter of fact i fucking love 
dem queer ass lovely 
words 

i especially adore them when
queer letters come together
to spell queer words like

love and angels 
fearless and brave

beautiful and resilient
future and longevity

holy and divine

i love queer ass truths that
speak life like

Baby you belong & God 
don’t make mistakes

i love those real and raw
queer words that jumped

out of the queer mouth of james
balwin reminding all of us

you have to go the way your
blood beats. 

queer warrior ancestors 
charted out queer paths 

for our queer asses
to be free  

audre lorde prepared us for
this moment warning

our silence will never
protect us

so tonight i’m make some
queer ass noise and i

spit fire into the queerness
of the ethers and i continue to

make my queer ass art 
love my queer ass wife

and write more queer ass poems
dancing my queer ass all the way

home.