Gay Couples Can Procreate

Who says gay couples can't bring new life?

 

Before they went their separate ways

Lance Bass

And Reichen Lehmkuhl[1] had a baby

A little girl

Born on July 26^th

Of 2006

She was long overdue

Her first breath was a cuss word

Several more followed

She cried and screamed

Scared of the world Lance bore her to

She knew the darkness that enclosed her

And so did Lance

But she didn’t know what dark was

Lance ached inside

To release them both from the darkness

He was scared that she would hate him

And while she was pushed out of his darkness

She still recognized him

To know him is to love him

 

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Reichen didn’t have her love

He didn’t carry her

He wasn’t the first one she saw

He looked different

So she spat up in his face

She was more attached to Lance

But eventually let Reichen hold her

She began to interpret the world around her

Learning to speak right away

He still didn’t have her love

But she had his voice

She’d grow up to be a lot like him

 

One night Reichen told her a story[2]

Of the man who would become Lance’s love

She cried and screamed again

Of the hero’s horrors

He endured hell

In the place that taught him to fly to heaven

Like a true soldier

He fought for the rights in her heart

That he should have had when she was born

She inherited a sense of fairness

She gave her love to Daddy Reichen

 

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No good parent in their right mind

Takes their daughter to a club

So how would she know what transpired

That December night?

One minute they were fine and the next

They cried

She wished they would be together forever

December only lasted a month

A new year meant a new home for Daddy Reichen

Through her tears she continued to speak

For the rights that she doesn’t have to fight for

And hoped she’d marry a man like Daddy Reichen or Lance

The fact is

The house they lived in was too small

Some families live in two or more houses

If Reichen and Lance didn’t cry

Who would Daddy Ryan and Ben sleep with?

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[1] Lance Bass, the bass singer of pop group *NSYNC, announced in July 2006 that he is gay and was dating Reichen Lehmkuhl, winner of “The Amazing Race” season 4. Lehmkuhl, prior to doing “The Amazing Race” was an air force captain who hid his sexuality for the entire nine years he spent in the air force. They separated in January 2007.

[2] Reference to Lehmkuhl’s autobiography, Here’s What We’ll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and the US Air Force. It was released in October 2006.

Reviews

[Karen Ingram]

I wonder what they would think about this? I loved your line "Her first breath was a cuss word." Good job.

[Drew Wade]

I don't understand. I mean, the imagery is dark and gritty, and I love it, but I don't understand how they came to procreate.

Can you help me?

[perfectlymetiKulous]

I love this...
amazing.

[DarkAngelWriter]

You know I love this. I loved it when I read it the first time. I still love it today.