Hairpins

 This is from my month of Queer Writing that is just not resolving into a physical zine well.  All the people who were already promised a physical copy will get one, free of charge, and in the meantime, I'm putting all the remaining works up for purchase.  There will be a landing page for buying them soon.  Thank you for your patience.

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Drop a hair pin,

Pick one up,

Say it quiet,

Don’t push your luck.

Wear the pansies,

And the purple ties.

Signal quiet

Beneath the lies.

The closet door

Is like a shield

On the social

Battlefield.

Growing low,

Hiding hearts,

Snow melts

And spring starts.

Loud and proud

Can wait for then,

Until it’s safe

Find your kin

In color codes and inside jokes

Hairpins for the queerer folks.