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“I wonder how do gay men: we: us find each other in public and not get punished and punched by playground bully boys.”
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
“Truth is, I feel obligated to act out a prescriptive performance every day. Some figurative rite of passage into manhood.”
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
“I don't want to be gay, but it's never been a choice, and I don't know how to explain that to anyone but Wesley.”
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
“I typed to him.
All the things I'm scared to be specific about in my poems:
the boys and my heartbeat
the increasing rate of blood flowing through my body
the private places where our aromas genearate
the flames and the fire
going to Hell and having these desires”
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
All the things I'm scared to be specific about in my poems:
the boys and my heartbeat
the increasing rate of blood flowing through my body
the private places where our aromas genearate
the flames and the fire
going to Hell and having these desires”
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
“I don't think gay boys can become hip-hop music stars. ...can't be soft in a solid-gold industry where punk, sissy, faggot, and bitch are lyrics that sell out concerts and generate Billboard record sales.”
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
“My sexuality is like a compass. I've been trying to point myself toward the direction where people are walking on a straight line, but my internal arrow just does not naturally go that way.”
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
“I'm terrified that the Boogeyman is gonna hear what I've been thinking about certain boys and what happens to my heartbeat when I'm around some of them.”
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry
― How the Boogeyman Became a Poet: A YA Memoir in Verse of a Black, Gay Teen's Journey to Self-Discovery through Poetry