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A homosexual Hester Prynne- Poem

Updated: Apr 28, 2023

I’ve committed a cardinal sin.

I see it in your eyes as I enter a room

or pass you in the bar.

A homosexual Hester Prynne,

too fat to fit in your spaces.


You’ve created a monster

that has haunted my mind

and tormented me for existing

in a way that is different

from our culture’s manicured

media depiction.


If the tears I’ve sweated,

If the miles I’ve tread

could actually add up,

If Pygmalion could carve

what you want in this excess,

If I could look more like you,

I think I could be happy then.

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