"trope" poems - Hello Poetry

3-2-2017 (unknown date of origin) Something's wrong... you don't belong here. I said, looking down at the pineapple on my pizza. I said, looking down at the ketchup on my macaroni. I said, looking down at the cream of mushroom soup on my meatloaf. He said, looking down at me and my boyfriend, holding hands in public. Like I'm a creep. I'm a ****** What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. You see there's these things that we learn at the dinner table. When we're kids we have certain items served to us on our plates. Whatever doesn't end up there, isn't a part of the discussion. After all, they say if you don't have a seat at the table, you are likely to be on the menu. So, when ****** orientation and gender identity aren't seated at the table of childhood, they get served for the first time in unexpected places. Like an avante garde celebrity chef's designer meal, prepared for critiques by the food bloggers. They get served in college classroom debates or in dorm rooms with freshman roommates. They're on the menu in in some movies but served with a side of stereotypes and silly trope toppings. They get grinded into glitter dust sprinkled on the annual PRIDE Parades like an overly salty seasoning mix. They're on the menu in workplace diversity trainings, but too little too late - they get lost in the marginalized buffet. They get served at the oppression Olympics, or actually at the Olympics unwillingly by a journalist who only pretends to eat a well-balanced diet, but really has LGBT food allergies, if you know what I mean. In reality, these should be staple dishes consumed by commoners, consumed by you and me, consumed by children along with their healthy daily dose of broccoli and cauliflower, squash and zucchini, even eggplant. They should be in every ******* cookbook with pictures and all different kinds of recipes! I want every child to have gay on their dinner plate, lesbian lunch, gender nonconforming on the brunch menu, and bisexual breakfast. And everything in between in the queer spectrum served during snack breaks. I want every child to look down at their plate and see pineapple pizza and say, gee that looks great! I love all of the pizza toppings, no matter whether gay or nay. ... except for anchovies, of course.

0

Mar 2, 2017

Mar 2, 2017 at 4:28 AM UTC

PseudoPoet

Pineapple Pizza

3-2-2017 (unknown date of origin) Something's wrong... you don't belong here. I said, looking down at the pineapple on my pizza. I said, looking down at the ketchup on my macaroni. I said, looking down at the cream of mushroom soup on my meatloaf. He said, looking down at me and my boyfriend, holding hands in public. Like I'm a creep. I'm a ****** What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. You see there's these things that we learn at the dinner table. When we're kids we have certain items served to us on our plates. Whatever doesn't end up there, isn't a part of the discussion. After all, they say if you don't have a seat at the table, you are likely to be on the menu. So, when ****** orientation and gender identity aren't seated at the table of childhood, they get served for the first time in unexpected places. Like an avante garde celebrity chef's designer meal, prepared for critiques by the food bloggers. They get served in college classroom debates or in dorm rooms with freshman roommates. They're on the menu in in some movies but served with a side of stereotypes and silly trope toppings. They get grinded into glitter dust sprinkled on the annual PRIDE Parades like an overly salty seasoning mix. They're on the menu in workplace diversity trainings, but too little too late - they get lost in the marginalized buffet. They get served at the oppression Olympics, or actually at the Olympics unwillingly by a journalist who only pretends to eat a well-balanced diet, but really has LGBT food allergies, if you know what I mean. In reality, these should be staple dishes consumed by commoners, consumed by you and me, consumed by children along with their healthy daily dose of broccoli and cauliflower, squash and zucchini, even eggplant. They should be in every ******* cookbook with pictures and all different kinds of recipes! I want every child to have gay on their dinner plate, lesbian lunch, gender nonconforming on the brunch menu, and bisexual breakfast. And everything in between in the queer spectrum served during snack breaks. I want every child to look down at their plate and see pineapple pizza and say, gee that looks great! I love all of the pizza toppings, no matter whether gay or nay. ... except for anchovies, of course.