POETRY

Typecasting

i ask if i

can call

you daddy 

​

my therapist

says i meant

mother 

​

but this is

un-likely since i

cannot say

mommy 

​

for the same

reason you

cannot hear

father 

​

instead you cross

your ankles behind

me 

​

watching when i say

i love you i dont wipe

my mouth i 

​

crawl up from between your

legs with it still spread across

my face 

​

hoping not that it will germinate

inside you once you kiss me but 

​

instead i wish

simply for you

to feel it 

​

soft and warm upon your

tongue as if whispered 

lavish as the

taste of you

sucking my lips 

​

instead you ask for

blood to drip vivid on

our skin 

​

stain our

not-quite

white teeth 

​

instead we paint in red

velvet strokes how we

hold each-other 

​

bare the path

of each

aching touch 

​

my therapist

says i meant

mother 

​

instead i meant only bleed for queer

gals / i only sleep with zaddies 

sterling gingerich is a queer poet living in washington dc. while working on their mfa portfolio, they are exploring the world of self-taught queer tattooing. you can find them on instagram @s_gingerich