By ZoE
Date: 22 July 2000
Ask For It
Brandon, it didn't matter if you were a boy
or a girl
you were beautiful
like all those long legged girls with their
snap jeans
with their curving hips
were yours
and no man
could say
you weren't a man
because you did ask for it
the beer rushing between your blushing lips
the cowboy belt
the slippery hat
the love that wasn't easy but that you had to have
her body smoothed out in front of you
you did ask for it
the way they pulled down your pants
because they didn't want you to be a man
they wanted to have you
the same way your beautiful lover did
you did ask for it
but Brandon, noone could say you weren't
beautiful
clumsy and queer
noone could say you had any other choice
because what could you do
what could any of us do
but ask for it
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