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Elegy for a Christian Baker
Brandon Teena was a trans man
who in 1993
was raped and ripped apart.
But that’s just fine with me.
Matthew Shepard was a gay man
who in 1998
was pistol-whipped and tortured to death.
But I’m above such hate.
I heard his blood was cleansed by tears.
I heard they tied him to a fence.
I read that years
before, as a teenager on tour
in Morocco, he was beaten and raped.
His and Teena’s bodies
were the canvasses on which
the Christian way of love was drawn.
But I’m facing my own dark dawn...
I’ve been told that I must sell a cake.
who in 1993
was raped and ripped apart.
But that’s just fine with me.
Matthew Shepard was a gay man
who in 1998
was pistol-whipped and tortured to death.
But I’m above such hate.
I heard his blood was cleansed by tears.
I heard they tied him to a fence.
I read that years
before, as a teenager on tour
in Morocco, he was beaten and raped.
His and Teena’s bodies
were the canvasses on which
the Christian way of love was drawn.
But I’m facing my own dark dawn...
I’ve been told that I must sell a cake.
Published 10th Jun 2021
Author's Note
https://harvardcrcl.org/why-you-cant-sell-your-cake-and-control-it-too-distinguishing-use-from-design-in-masterpiece-cakeshop-v-colorado/
This isn’t what I’d consider a good piece of poetry. Poetry is rarely good when it comes from a place of spontaneous rage. But it was an authentic response to the stimulus provided by the issue in the article above.
This isn’t what I’d consider a good piece of poetry. Poetry is rarely good when it comes from a place of spontaneous rage. But it was an authentic response to the stimulus provided by the issue in the article above.
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10th Jun 2021 3:28am
Christians have one damn job. One. Well, actualy, two. 'Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
What part of All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments do "Christians" not understand?! There must be a lof of self-loathing out there among the "Christian" community. Because I certainly am not seeing love from those opposed to Love itself.
What part of All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments do "Christians" not understand?! There must be a lof of self-loathing out there among the "Christian" community. Because I certainly am not seeing love from those opposed to Love itself.
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