Lay Your Head on My Shoulder
Men thought
of him
as a
woman &
women thought
of him
as a
man &
they all
wanted to
lay their
head on
his shoulder.
It left
him confused.
What
was he?
What
were they?
He began
having strange
thoughts &
androgynous dreams.
He cancelled
his subscription
to Playboy.
He traded
in his
three-piece
suit for
a toga
& a
red fez
& lost
his job on
Wall Street.
He cashed
in his
savings &
stocks &
went on a
Caribbean cruise.
He had
an affair
with a
cross-dresser.
He converted
to Catholicism
then Judaism
& finally
became
a Muslim.
He became
a spiritual
bigamist.
He began
lifting weights
& covered
his torso
& thighs
with tattoos
of dolphins.
He abandoned
his wife
& children.
Everyone who
knew him
said they
didn’t
understand what
had happened
to him,
but secretly
they all
wanted to
lay their
head on
his shoulder.
