Beyond Queer Words 2021

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BOATWRIGHT S Pierrot A sunwashed unionblue sheet webs over what is left of my grandfather’s mahogany ribbed and plywood skinned red boat. His shed’s butterfly roof seems to hover over his handmade escape. 70s-brown pillars uphold this car port altar, this shed sheltering the remains from the elements. The rain slings sideways. The hurricanes take people out of homes. 23

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