Thursday, 18 February 2021

The Peacock 75

 "Your father was homophobic."

"No, not exactly."

"Were you out to him?  Did he know you were gay?"

"Well, he was my father.   And even I don't know that I'm gay."

"But you like men."

"Kind of."

"Have you ever had a boyfriend?"

"I can't say that I have.  How about you?"

"Likewise.  For me" says Carl, "It was all casual sex or gay for pay."

"But you had a girlfriend.  Tell me something Carl, please..."

"Katrina and I never slept together, that's what you were going to ask, right?"

"Because..."

"I wanted to be faithful to Christ as I understood him at the time, and also to the community.  Even if I was living alone, I was still part of what was going on there.  And my mother even to this day seems to have quite a strong say in how I am going to live my life.  Which is why I'm living here in this ridiculous palace out in the wilderness.  The choice was here or Switzerland.  Here at least I have autonomy and some distance from the old girl.  And as far as women are concerned, I'm still a virgin."

"But you're attracted to women."

"Decidedly", Carl says.

"But you still prefer men."

"Most decidedly, I'm afraid." Carl says, looking a little bit uneasy.  "But Cosme, or, Christopher, what about you and, what was her name, Greta?"

"What about us?"

"Tell me how you both met."


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