Not Every Gay Is Selfish (Bussokusekika)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



Not Every Gay Is Selfish   (Bussokusekika)

Many years ago
I felt hatred towards gays
Due to one’s actions
To this day I’m still angry
And I resent what he did
Not every gay is selfish

Edwin Tanguma   4/18/2023

About this poem

Another poem about a selfish gay corpsman who felt me up while I was in leather restraints on Okinawa Japan…I still harbor anger towards what he did but I have learned many things from the experience…Only God and the corpsman know why he did what he did…Who can say for certain?

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Written on April 18, 2023

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on April 18, 2023

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A AXXXXX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 215
Words 40
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 1

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