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To All the Others

To All the Others

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Two persons, each wearing blue jeans and a red, white and green plaid flannel shirt, are  holding hands.  One in the couple is wearing a short fur vest over the flannel shirt, and has a white diamond ring on the ring finger, as well as a gold bracelet on the same hand.  The other person is wearing a beige sweater over the flannel shirt, with the cuffs of the sweater pulled up to reveal a small part of the flannel shirt.  There is a field of out-of-focus tall green grass below their clasped hands between them.
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To All The Others

Doing good for others

I’ve been 

by churches told 

is not just a 

sure ride to heaven

but is intended to 

bring more folks 

into that fold

But the criteria for those joiners

to be considered

in faith

our sisters and brothers

has rules 

that exclude

my friends, The Others

The ones of “too

fluid” sexuality

Who are said 

to…

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