Is She Queer..?

by Mahi

Is she queer or…

Does she just happen to love Girl In Red?

Is that good taste?

Or a desperate attempt of mine to find a date?

Is she queer or…

Does she just want to wear flannel shirts in summer?

Is she always followed by Chione?

Or am I ignoring her silent screams of, “Gay!”

Is she queer or…

Did she just start rock climbing?

Because as we walk hand in hand, the jingling of our carabiners,

Is rushing my ears and leaving me in stutters.

Is she queer or…

Am I just entranced by the sight of her with her feet in my lap

There are charms clinking from her anklet

And I’m stumbling over my words, trying not to tank it.

Is she queer or…

Is the rainbow pin just meant to signal ‘ally’

I stop thinking and finally ask her out on a date

And end up receiving a, “No, sorry I’m straight.”

~ by Your Favourite Desperate Lesbian