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One and Two<\/strong><\/p>\n

right hand
\ncupped over ear
\ncell phone
\ntucked against your
\nright hand
\ntalking to her
\nor him.
\nI don’t know you
\nanymore
\nare you a fag
\nor what
\nwhy did you leave
\nwhy me
\nit’s easier
\nI think
\nto think that you
\nturned gay
\nthat I didn’t
\nblow it
\nbut that I just
\nnever
\nhad any chance.
\nTruth is
\nI think I did.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Cottrell Bryant
\nApril 15, 2003 <\/p>\n

\n

About this poem:<\/em> This might look like free verse, because it doesn’t have punctuation. However, it’s not– free verse is just free– it doesn’t adhere to any rhythmic or rhyme pattern. This poem, on the other hand, has an alternating monameter\/dimeter (one foot, two foot) rhythm all the way through, with a slight trip on the line “anymore.” However, “anymore” only has one foot (it’s an anapest), despite having three syllables, and is therefore a monameter line anyway. This poem was inspired by all the people I saw walking in and out of the movie theatre at lunch time, carrying cell phones. Some of them were with their dates, and I wondered who they were talking to. When I wrote “or him” I realized the poem was about sexuality and the confusion that comes when someone recognizes their sexual orientation while you’re seeing them romantically. <\/small> <\/p>\n

\n

\u00c2\u00a9 2003, Stephanie Cottrell Bryant. Written by Stephanie Cottrell Bryant. Permission to copy, distribute, share with friends and loved ones is granted, provided the copyright and author acknowledgments remain intact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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