So Dom and Stef,
though still working tandem,
separate
And Dom says kids
would be better off with parents
who are straight
But his ideal
and the execution of it
don’t equate
He and his-boyfriend make
flashy clothes for boys to flaunt
on the runway
And one wonders how
such homophobia endures among
high-fashion gays
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T. Allen Culpepper
So there he is,
on all fours
on crisp white sheets,
angled forward
on bent arms,
shaved ass in air,
two smooth globes of flesh;
between them,
an opportunity.
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T. Allen Culpepper
At the deli counter
in the grocery store on Sunday,
ordering sausage or something like it,
a slender, rather effeminate dirty blond
in low, tight designer jeans,
ankle boots, and snugly-fitting western shirt
unbuttoned except in the middle,
bent over a shopping cart,
ass on display,
and then his other one returns,
not what I expected–
chubby, less stylish–
but the first boy’s showing off for him;
they’ll go home and screw.
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T. Allen Culpepper
The church might have fallen into disuse,
become more tourist attraction than place of worship;
the visitor might have wandered away from religion,
believing in tradition more than faith,
or might never have believed at all.
One might reason the ornamentation wasteful,
lament the money diverted from charity.
All true, and yet, on stepping inside,
one must yield to the power of the ethereal blue
and admit, however reluctantly, the spiritual presence.
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T. Allen Culpepper
Bridge in the background,
and the clock tower,
dunes of dirt snow,
blue banners and little huts:
A winter landscape
along the St-Laurent.
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T. Allen Culpepper
Wiry little trees in oversized pots
decorate the broad expanse
of sugar-frosting snow spread
between cake-topper buildings
whose blueprints might have come
from the idle fantasies
of a pasty chef on a smoking break.
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T. Allen Culpepper
Etched in grey the frozen city
viewed through bare branches at mountain’s top,
the distance allowing the outlines to show
but filtering out the animation.
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T. Allen Culpepper
