Every Time

2011

I wrote this little poem in 2011 when I was first coming out and wondering  what it might be like to kiss a woman. It was published on Lily Lit Review which is now inactive but the poem remains online.

Since  then it's been republished all over the internet by blogs, pinterest,  instagram - in pieces, intact, sometimes rewritten to include a 'he' -  one tumbler post has over 11 thousand 'notes'. People discuss it, make  artwork out of it - what is it about this poem?