A video reading of my poem “Queer Prayer.”
Footage is from Requiem Mass—A Queer Divine Rite. Filmed in 2018 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. The mass was produced by Holcombe Waller. Filmed by Leo Herrera for Fathers Project.
Queer people are not taught to think about our future. We spend so much of our lives digging up our history, focused on the legal and sexual economy of our present.
Queer people are not taught to think about our spirituality. We spend so much of our lives banished from religions and focused on our bodies.
In this time of plague, climate and economic crisis, when making plans feels futile and overwhelming, remember this:
Imagining your Queer future is a form of prayer.
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Queer Prayer is on page 90 of POST: Poems, Prayers and Grudges.
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