What's "normal" ? Knitters [sic!] and Cat Ladies are queer?
'Tis my morning for poetry. Just read a post by my LJ friend Firynze [I always wonder if that is a reference to the Italian name for the city we call "Florence"] -- http://firynze.livejournal.com/
She found a fascinating poem about "abnormal" folks, mainly on the Web -- who allegedly yearn to be NORMAL. "Go. Read. Seriously. When the Cat Ladies [I'm not quoting that stanza] send the tabbies over the wall, it's epic..." --
"....
"Then up they rose all together, from the Mormons to the Queers,
Junior Commies, Cheerleaders, and NRA's
Socialites and atheists, transvestites, racketeers,
Porn stars, poets, mimes, and knitters seized the day!
....
"'Let me in, oh let me in! I belong inside, with you!'
Think of millions screaming, morning, noon and night,
Like they wish to be imprisoned in that empty, ghostly place
And to wither in the shadow of its blight.
"'But it's Normal,' we protested, 'where the Normal People live,
As we freaks are always told we ought to be!'
'It's a prison,' she replied, 'and the inmates are long gone,
Leaving only ghosts and memories, and me.'
...."
Please do read the whole wonderful piece:
http://cluegirl.dreamwidth.org/1217417.html
NB I played a bit with the punctuation...
She found a fascinating poem about "abnormal" folks, mainly on the Web -- who allegedly yearn to be NORMAL. "Go. Read. Seriously. When the Cat Ladies [I'm not quoting that stanza] send the tabbies over the wall, it's epic..." --
"....
"Then up they rose all together, from the Mormons to the Queers,
Junior Commies, Cheerleaders, and NRA's
Socialites and atheists, transvestites, racketeers,
Porn stars, poets, mimes, and knitters seized the day!
....
"'Let me in, oh let me in! I belong inside, with you!'
Think of millions screaming, morning, noon and night,
Like they wish to be imprisoned in that empty, ghostly place
And to wither in the shadow of its blight.
"'But it's Normal,' we protested, 'where the Normal People live,
As we freaks are always told we ought to be!'
'It's a prison,' she replied, 'and the inmates are long gone,
Leaving only ghosts and memories, and me.'
...."
Please do read the whole wonderful piece:
http://cluegirl.dreamwidth.org/1217417.html
NB I played a bit with the punctuation...