Quiet, slow, gentle morning
sounds of rain on the window
the ring of the phone bursts into the tranquility —
insurance!
resurgence of fears
of sickness, of death, of preparedness.
There is no escape.
Yet today the table turns.
I resent your question.
No, I do not have a husband.
I am a lesbian and I have a partner.
Today it is about life!
Poem originally published in Basically Queer: An Intergenerational Introduction to LGBTQA2S+ Lives, edited by Claire Robson, Kelsey Blair and Jen Marchbank, 2017. Photo taken at 25th Anniversary celebration of Chris Morrissey and Bridget Coll.
