{"id":89002,"date":"2021-06-26T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=89002"},"modified":"2021-06-26T10:44:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:44:01","slug":"homage-to-a-drag-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/homage-to-a-drag-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Homage to a Drag Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homage to a Drag Queen<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Love is love on my Valentine\u2019s stationary.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not cliche, today<\/p>\n<p>Pride is more acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>You no longer closet your feelings,<\/p>\n<p>celebrate coming out,<\/p>\n<p>shout your homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Today you can sparkle in glitter, not a quitter<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>inside your cotton candy pink or lavender wigs.<\/p>\n<p>Share your sexy long legs prettier, thinner<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>than I ever could.<\/p>\n<p>In classrooms as a man,<\/p>\n<p>you teach in genuine empathy.<\/p>\n<p>Allow autistic children to climb<\/p>\n<p>beyond boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>On stage as a woman,<\/p>\n<p>spread love in performance<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>from children\u2019s theatre to<\/p>\n<p>Long Island\u2019s first Drag Queen show.<\/p>\n<p>No one is left out by closeted minds<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>when they meet you.<\/p>\n<p>Gay isn\u2019t just a happy feeling,<\/p>\n<p>it\u2019s spread like joy.<\/p>\n<p>You are loved in both your personas.<\/p>\n<p>Stay homophile and smile.<\/p>\n<p>Never surprised to see you,<\/p>\n<p>not straight but sold out<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>in Drag Bingos or Brunches.<\/p>\n<p>Not a queer hatred thought felt<\/p>\n<p>finding you on the front cover of Newsday,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>headlining a Pride parade.<\/p>\n<p>I know you inside and outside your high heels.<\/p>\n<p>Ivy Stalls, you are golden so shine.<\/p>\n<p>Keep filling this world with Peace, Love, and Rainbows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homage to a Drag Queen\u00a0 Love is love on my Valentine\u2019s stationary. It\u2019s not cliche, today Pride is more acceptance. You no longer closet your feelings, celebrate coming out, shout your homosexuality. Today you can sparkle in glitter, not a quitter\u00a0 inside your cotton candy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1461,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1461"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89014,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89002\/revisions\/89014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}