It's not mandatory, but if you have a moment you could listen to the song I reference in the following poem. ani difranco's in or out.
ani difranco influenced my life, my sexuality, and my poetry. thank you, ani, for showing so many of us the way through the dark.
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spots and stripes i was 15 years old, maybe 16 camping for the weekend at Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival volunteering, freedom to play grown-up, meet new friends, and hear new music we wandered the different stages, secure in our volunteer tee shirts hearing Pete Seeger tell stories, Sweet Honey in the Rock sing their songs and then i heard a new voice Shira read her blurb and suggested the Ani Difranco set we went we sat on the grass and watched a woman, young, but older than us play guitar and sing folk music that was more rock folk music that centered on her life her politics and it made sense she sang in or out while the audience sat and wiggled in dance hippie girls twirling in the aisles “i guess there’s something wrong with me, i guess i don’t fit in” the words spoke to me i leaned in, listened closer watching this woman command a stage “some days the line i walk turns out to be straight, other days the line tends to deviate” and something began to grow a realization slowly building i bought the cassette tape my yellow walkman constantly playing ani’s words digesting in my brain the next year Shira said that she wanted to kiss me and i was scared, a girl… i declined but thought it through considered bisexuality accepted that it existed that women could be attractive we danced to in or out singing along, all the words flowing with my blood this song a part of me years later, volunteering and camping again Shira and i kissed i think the music made me do it that post college kiss started as teens and it was lovely
ani difranco influenced my life, my sexuality, and my poetry. thank you, ani, for showing so many of us the way through the dark.
and VOTING time has come upon us... if you like this go vote for me. And go read the work of others! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/780955.html?view=76296091#t76296091