Queer

adam-and-steve

Adam and Steve
The warriors of a de-facto war
The pink flowers with anthers and pollen
That will never procreate
Possessing only the democracy
Of playing games of recreation
In half-lit rooms.

And the queer rebel
Through manifold pupils
To erect a foundation on rods and cones
Of the sheer beauty of perfect symmetry
Of ampersands and hyphens
Connecting perfect halves
In the hands of a gender-blind cupid

To let Steve – in plain sight,
Chew an apple,
That Adam owns.

Published by Curiosity-driven life (Dilantha Gunawardana)

Dr Dilantha Gunawardana graduated from the University of Melbourne, as a molecular biologist, and moonlights as a poet. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Botany, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Dilantha lives in a chimeric universe of science and poetry. Dilantha’s poems have been accepted for publication /published in HeartWood Literary Magazine, Canary Literary Magazine, Boston Accent, Forage, Kitaab, Eastlit, American Journal of Poetry, Zingara Poetry Review, The Wagon and Ravens Perch, among others. Dilantha too has two anthologies of poetry, 'Kite Dreams' (2016) and 'Driftwood' (2017), both brought to the readership by Sarasavi Publishers, and is working on his third poetry collection (The Many Constellations of Home). Dilantha’s pet areas of teaching and research, include, Nitrogen Fixation, RNA biology, Phytoremediation, Agricultural Biology, and Bioethics & Biosafety. Dilantha blogs at – https://meandererworld.wordpress.com/ -, where he has nearly 2000 poems. View all posts by Curiosity-driven life (Dilantha Gunawardana)