The Big Tent and Its Discontents

“Gay sex acts are sins,” Rick Santorum
Declares. “God tells me to abhor ’em.
        (But it’s cool to be queer
        As long as your rear
End steers clear of such gross indecorum.)”

To the Log Cabin crowd quoth Santorum,
“Two-backed beasts with four balls, I deplore ’em.
        I love you as donors,
        But why must your boners
Rise to speak in the wrong sort of forum?”

© Chris O'Carroll

"The Big Tent and its Discontents" previously appeared in Word on Wednesday Anthology #7.