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No Other Way

Kenneth Pobo

By 18, Steve’s stopped
praying to stop wanting
other men, but here he

is again, another Sunday,
his parents beside him.
When Pastor says stone
gays and lesbians, Steve
wants to stand up

and say “Start with me”
to those who babysat him,
gave him summer jobs,
fed him. He sees
his dad nod, how many

eyes latch on to the figure
behind the pulpit-mum Steve
imagines the building
crumbling into stones,
one for each believer,

the choir singing
“Trust And Obey”
as his bones crack,
his skull caves in,
and his parents invite

Pastor for dinner now
that there’s another
place at the table.

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of cc&d magazine.
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printed, but you can requesting it
“re-released” through amazon sale
as a 6" x 9" ISBN# book!
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