TO THE RISING SUN

0 MAJESTIC RISING SUN, DOUSING NEONS ONE BY ONE, AS YOU BRING ANOTHER DAY, TO THEE WE MOST HUNELY PRAY: GIVE US NOW OUR DAILY BREAD

AND DON'T LET US BE MISLED

INTO THINKING MAYBE WE

CAN AND SHOULD AND SHALL BE FREE.

PLEASE DON'T MAKE US OBVIOUS.

HELP US BE ANONYMOUS

SO THAT WE MAY NOT BE FOUND

IN OUR SECRET UNDERGROUND.

FILL EACH LITTLE BUTCH AND NANCY

WITH THE PROPER SYCOPHANCY.

MAKE US HUMBLE SO THAT WE

WON'T OFFEND SOCIETY.

HELP US CULTIVATE OUR FEARS; CAUTION IS THE BEST FOR QUEERS. LIKE THE OSTRICH, HEAD IN DIRT, WE MIGHT KEEP FROM BEING HURT. GRANT THESE THINGS, O RISING SUN, AND, THO' LIFE MAY NOT BE FUN, WE AT LEAST SHALL LIVE THIS DAY SAFE FROM THOSE WHO ARE NOT GAY.

NIKKI

BLUFF

YOUR LIGHT LASH FELL ACROSS MY FACE.

YOU DID NOT KNOW...HOW COULD YOU KNOW

THAT ONE MAY BEAR A SCAR OF FIRE

FROM A LIGHT BLOW?

AND NOW THE SHINING MASK | WEAR

IS SO MUCH MINE THAT YOU CAN SAY... EVEN WITH YOUR KEEN EYES..."HOW WELL YOU LOOK TODAY!"

ABIGAIL SANFORD

15