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“Ode to the Gay Bar I Was Too Chickenshit to Go To” by Nenekiri Bookwyrm (read by the poet)
Today we present a poem by Nenekiri Bookwyrm, who makes games and writes stories. More of his poems can be found on his SoFurry page. When he’s not reading from his hoard of To-Read books, he makes time to write some stories of his own. You can find more of his stories on www.nenekiri.com.
Read by the poet.
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Transcript
You’re listening to Pride Month on The Voice of Dog.
Speaker:This is Rob MacWolf, your fellow traveler,
Speaker:and Today we present a poem
Speaker:by Nenekiri Bookwyrm,
Speaker:who makes games and writes stories.
Speaker:More of his poems can be found on his SoFurry page.
Speaker:When he’s not reading from his hoard of To-Read books, he makes time to write some stories of his own.
Speaker:You can find more of his stories on www.nenekiri.com.
Speaker:Coming out is, by definition,
Speaker:an act of visibility,
Speaker:otherwise there would be no point to doing it.
Speaker:That that visibility can be a mixed blessing,
Speaker:makes it nonetheless
Speaker:a necessity. Read by the poet.
Speaker:Please enjoy “Ode to the Gay Bar
Speaker:I Was Too Chickenshit to Go To”,
Speaker:a poem by Nenekiri Bookwyrm
Speaker:I heard you closed recently
Speaker:I'd never been, but always told myself
Speaker:Someday I'll go and see what it's about
Speaker:Pandemic was given as cause
Speaker:As pronouncement of death
Speaker:One more thing the plague took from my small town
Speaker:I had heard that straight folks would go
Speaker:And look at all the queers and ruin the mood
Speaker:What a peculiar feeling then,
Speaker:To miss being gawked at
Speaker:This was “Ode to the Gay Bar I Was Too Chickenshit to Go To”
Speaker:by Nenekiri Bookwyrm,
Speaker:read by the poet.
Speaker:Happy Pride, and Thank you for listening to The Voice of Dog.
