Class Notes
"it's not relevant"
Oh I'm sure
You've heard of more important things before, but
We were told to fill out paragraphs to the brim
With notes that bordered on inconsequential
But yes, this man
Was gay, but
we don't need to talk about
Don't talk about it
Let's look at his life and death,
His time in the war,
And relate that to his prose instead
We don't need to talk about how he was gay
In a time where it was a social suicide
We don't need to talk
About his playwrite boyfriend
Come on kids
You're lucky his name is being mentioned at at
But don't talk about
How he must've felt
What it was like for him to love
Don't talk about it
Talk about the war
Its less voilent
Copyright © Jay Yeats | Year Posted 2020
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