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Steven Sanchez Ode to Anger Because, last week, a bigot bashed Robert’s facefor holding his boyfriend’s handon the corner of Olive and Yosemitein the pink neon glow of Tower Theatre,because the KKK stood on that cornerfor Fresno Pride, because you runthe gay bar on Olive and Broadwayand straights call you faggot in their drunken stupor,becauseContinue reading “Steven Sanchez – Ode to Anger”

Steven Sanchez Vesuvius I’ve already forgottenhow to kiss you, my tonguealways inside my moutheven when yours slipsinside my lips, each muscleof your tongue a wordI’m too afraid to say.The earth tremblesand we’re used to it.This fault linehas shaken our cityagain and again.The first tremorbroke a vaseand blackbirds flockedto the sky, casting usin shadow.  You heldContinue reading “Steven Sanchez – Vesuvius”

Steven Sanchez Pinwheel My dog stops to smellthe silver pinwheela little girl plantedin the flowerbedby the staircasethat connectsmy apartmentto three others.It’s become Tux’s favoriteflower, its foldedplastic petals spinning,sunlight glintingon his wet black nose.He never marks his territoryhere, never raises his legto claim this as his,unlike the way he claimedmy foot the other weekwhen we hadContinue reading “Steven Sanchez – Pinwheel”

Steven Sanchez Meet Me at the Gay Denny’s Part 3 14 years ago, after a trip to a haunted house and hay ride, I came out to my closest friends in a Denny’s because I was in my first relationship and wanted to share that part of my life with them. We were sitting atContinue reading “Steven Sanchez – Meet Me at the Gay Denny’s Part 3”

Steven Sanchez Meet Me at the Gay Denny’s Part 2 J. Jack Halberstam, a brilliant Queer social critic, explains the idea of Queer Time—Halberstam argues that straight people operate on a linear timeline: they’re born, hit puberty, date and explore their sexuality through adolescence, find a partner, get married, have kids, grow old, retire, andContinue reading “Steven Sanchez – Meet Me at the Gay Denny’s Part 2”