Hunty Haikus for Holy Homosexuals
Gold shoes on churchsteps.
Titas throw me side-eye.
But the light loved me.
Lola’s rosary,
now wrapped ’round my wrist, hunty—
divine jewelry.
Saint Sebastian sighs.
His abs flex under arrows.
Martyr of soft boys.
Sunday melodies.
Gaydar explodes in the choir.
Ave Maria!
During the homily,
rainbow perforates the roof.
I take it as proof.
They say queer people
won't ascend into heaven?
Sis, look at me fly.
Missal in my hand,
I waack between pew & priest.
Dominus-slay-biscum.
Mark Dimaisip is a Filipino writer from Manila. His works have appeared in The Brasilia Review, Cha, Fantasy Magazine, harana poetry, Human Parts, Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere. He has performed for poetry slams and literary festivals in Southeast Asia and Australia. Links to his poems are at markdimaisip.carrd.co.
