
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