Lawrence Hall
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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com
An LGBTRDCST Deconstruction of Gainsborough’s Blue Boy
Blue Boy must be examined through the lens
Of neo-post-colonial queer theory
And LGBT hegemonism
Inverted as bourgeois sentimentalism
It subverts the trope of trans-feminism
As a patriarchal gesture of scorn
Plasticized in pale iridescent blue
And transgressive in its imposture
Or maybe it’s some kid bribed with a shilling
To pose for this picture, however unwilling
Feb 22, 2022
Feb 22, 2022 at 8:48 AM UTC
Lawrence Hall
[email protected]
https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com
An LGBTRDCST Deconstruction of Gainsborough’s Blue Boy
Blue Boy must be examined through the lens
Of neo-post-colonial queer theory
And LGBT hegemonism
Inverted as bourgeois sentimentalism
It subverts the trope of trans-feminism
As a patriarchal gesture of scorn
Plasticized in pale iridescent blue
And transgressive in its imposture
Or maybe it’s some kid bribed with a shilling
To pose for this picture, however unwilling
It's just a picture.