We're All Queer In Our Own Way:

[abu nuwas]

Billy,

Nice poem. I'll go with what Heslopian said,

"It's simple but expressed with a quiet elegance, making an unpretentious tale somewhat profound"
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Yes, the lollipop part gave me trouble also, and not just because I didn't know what a lollipop man was.

"shortly after the drunken squall
Harry drove his car into
the back of a lollipop man—his dad—

The stop sign flew through the windscreen
its handle piercing Harry's heart..."

and unless "the back of" is purposefully an allusion to anal sex, I would leave it out, so

"shortly after the drunken squall
Harry drove his car into
a lollipop man—his dad—

The stop sign flew through the windscreen
its handle piercing Harry's heart..."


Dale

I want to be pedantic, but I am baffled. Dale, if a writer wants to describe a situation accurately, reflecting that the car did go into the man's back not his front, what is he supposed to say? It seems a strange world where 'back' automatically suggests anal sex. Back, to me, suggests back. There are a few other words, in common use, one beginning with 'a', which the writer could use if he wanted to talk about anal sex. Am I missing something obvious? Will all the other chaps laugh at my naivety? E