Queer Like Salvation

queer like salvation.
queer like if god asked me to build an ark i’d ask them if heaven was big enough for whole humans & if not, to hell with us all.
let the flood come.
let it be a deluge.
let the covenant still be a rainbow. let queer be the only thing that endures.

i am an earthly creature but give me love or give me the world, god, & i have to go with love.
it is the closest we get to holy. it is the fastest way to get to whole.
i’m not really sure the difference between the two
but i am obedient, god. & i listened when you showed me who i am.

queer like transcendence.
queer like heaven is never too far away.

Karen Leonard