how can we argue
over whether to grant a right
that isn’t ours to give?

it isn’t ours
love is not only ours
(it’s not only anything)

the only calm comes
seeping in from the future
warm and simple as a red hot coil

someday our grandchildren will ask us
“is it true that back then
we told people who loved each other
that they shouldn’t?”

and we can say
“yes, but no worry
all of those dinosaurs are gone”

you
who claim to fight for families
you are the sad monster in the closet

and to make you disappear
we need only smile at your nonsense
and wait
for our children to grow up

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