john harms
Being Here
Gays on TV,
in marches and parades.
Gays in candlelight vigils,
in protests and crusades.
Gays on Rikki Lake,
Springer, and Jenny Jones.
Gays in business suits,
with cellular phones.
Gays at the coffee shop,
reading the news.
Gays of any religion,
Christians, Protestants, or Jews.
Gays out in public,
dressed up in drag.
Gays who seem straight,
or get called a fag.
You sometimes can’t tell
precisely who we are,
but we exist everywhere
from past to present, near and far.