Wednesday, 11 March 2020

The Well of Loneliness

We've certainly progessed some way
to understanding 'inverts'
since twenties cowardly disapproval
labelled them as perverts.

For what was there to censure but
her 'thespian' male attire
which foolishly served to advertise
her lesbian desire ?

Unselfish love eschewed the curse
of masculine brutality
and woman-ness did not indulge
in phallus promiscuity.

So though the book's a bit too long
without a lot of loneliness,
her writing it may well have helped
some later people's happiness.

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