i usually keep it lowkey but today?
i’m claiming my happiness.
for years,
i felt like an outsider looking in,
surrounded by my straight peers/associates,
always questioning where i stood.
picking up pom poms to cheer many of them on but when it came to me,
i barely got the same energy that i needed.
i won’t lie but it always hurt my feelings because it made me feel used.
i’ve come to learn…

“I’m too old to be at Pride or any big Gay event anymore.
“The Stallions, the City Gworls, Barbies, Bey Hive, Bardi Gang, the And I Oops…alladem…”

one of the foxholers sent me that today,
live from dc.
i told them i don’t think you’re “too old”.
i did like the word,
“mature“.
he chose “seasoned“.
i like that word.
foxhole,
i have a question that i hope isn’t offensive…

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