And, one more. [As long as I'm on a roll :-)]. This poem and the previous one did more for forming my radical conciousness (such as it is) than anything else in my life. So, happy hell-raising :-). For The Straight Folks Who Don't Mind Gays But Wish They Weren't So BLATANT you know some people got a lot of nerve. sometimes, i don't believe the things i see and hear. Have you met the woman who's shocked by 2 women kissing & in the same breath, tells you that she's pregnant? BUT GAYS SHOULDN'T BE BLATENT. Or this straight couple sits next to you in a movie & you can't hear the dialogue Cause of the sound effects. BUT GAYS SHOULDN'T BE BLATANT. And the woman in your office Spends your entire lunch hour talking about her new bikini drawers & how much her husband likes them. BUT GAYS SHOULDN'T BE BLATANT. Or the "hip" chick in your class rattling a mile a minute -- while you're trying to get stoned in the john about the camping trip she took with her musician boyfriend. BUT GAYS SHOULDN'T BE BLATANT. You go in a public bathroom And all over the walls there's John loves Mary, Janice digs Richard, Pepe loves Delores, etc. etc. BUT GAYS SHOULDN'T BE BLATANT. Or you go to an amusement park & there's a tunnel of love & pictures of straights painted on the front & grinning couples coming in and out. BUT GAYS SHOULDN'T BE BLATANT. Fact is, blatant heterosexuals are all over the place. Supermarkets, movies on your job, in church, in books, on television every day and night, every place -- even in gay bars. & they want gay men & women to go hide in the closets -- So to you straight folks i say -- Sure, i'll go if you go too, but i'm polite -- so -- after you. [Note to my straight friends. You don't ask me to stop being blatant. Thus, this is not directed at you.]