Last week I read an article in Sun magazine,

Sy Syfransky’s monthly liberal rag

my wife subscribes to and I sneak peeks at,

about the almost incomprehensible

diversity of life on earth.

About how speckled with species

is the ocean bottom,

is one square foot of forest floor,

is one cubic inch of horse manure.

then, yesterday I eavesdropped

on four Romeos at McDonalds

decrying the ever expanding vocabulary,

“Ya need just to talk about Queers!

Used to be enough to say ‘Fag!’

Then they got a’ holt of Gay!

I remember my Father talkin’ ’bout

“The Gay White Way”

like something he could admire to say

and what the hell is a trance?”

“Hell! I saw two guys kissing’ in public

whilst waiting on a line to get movie tickets!”

“Yep! Well, I saw two young females,

One pretty.

T’other with rings in her nose

and her head shaved past her ears

pushin’ a baby carriage!

With a baby in it!!!”

Damn!
How on earth did we get

in this mess???!!!”

And I smiled,

(to my self, of course,

not wanting to offend any one)

and whispered,

“Yes!

That’s how!

My guy Sy was right!”