"MicroChasms" is a sub-collection appearing throughout PlaceQueer focused on quick examinations of the microaggressions committed at and committed by me pertaining to gender and queerness. They can be read in the arrangement they were intended for by downloading PlaceQueer on my Poetry Homepage.

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An Aforementioned Baby Doll -- Microchasm #1

Pajama day is purportedly
not the proper time
to present your precious
paternal proxy plaything
to your
uptight preschool
peers.

Oh well.
Probably just trust your parents
when they pleasantly prevent you
from further portage
of personal possessions
onto public property.​

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Prepubescence -- Microchasm #2

Teeny voice
Tiny man
Teeny tiny man voice
lady voice?
gay voice?
gay voice.
Big feels
“Straight” feels
Lady-loving lusty feels..
soooo...
MAN VOICE MAN VOICE
MASSIVE MASCULINE
MASTICATING MUSTACHE
MANLY
MANLY
MAN VOICE

ah, home.

Teeny voice.
Tiny voice.
True voice.

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An Introduction to the Less Pleasant Parts of a Socialized Psyche -- Microchasm #3

Ah Glee.
Twas middle school
when the bards of
Fox (the network
not the news
dear god
not the news)
decide to bring
the most obnoxious
stereotype
of a gay person
to our living rooms
and our small
baby teen brains.
And then all of a sudden
it was cool to be gay.
So of course,
people started to come out.
But Zoe had just
been dating a man
And Cecily
was talking about
getting back together
with her old boyfriend.
So obviously
everyone was doing it
because Glee came out.
Not because
the broken basis
of binary beliefs.
Nah.
Nope nope.
They just don’t know themselves.
Kurt made liars
of us all.