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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You’re listening to Pride Month on The Voice of Dog.

This is Rob MacWolf, your fellow traveler,

and 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.

Coming out is, by definition,

an act of visibility,

otherwise there would be no point to doing it.

That that visibility can be a mixed blessing,

makes it nonetheless

a necessity. Read by the poet.

Please enjoy “Ode to the Gay Bar

I Was Too Chickenshit to Go To”,

a poem by Nenekiri Bookwyrm

I heard you closed recently

I'd never been, but always told myself

Someday I'll go and see what it's about

Pandemic was given as cause

As pronouncement of death

One more thing the plague took from my small town

I had heard that straight folks would go

And look at all the queers and ruin the mood

What a peculiar feeling then,

To miss being gawked at

This was “Ode to the Gay Bar I Was Too Chickenshit to Go To”

by Nenekiri Bookwyrm,

read by the poet.

Happy Pride, and Thank you for listening to The Voice of Dog.