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Summary Of Andrew Gibson's Life

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“Fuck it, y’all, GI Joe just needs a friend” is the remedy to creating a world where Gibson has friends. Joe would not be such a hard-ass if he had friends that cared for him, which is how Gibson changed to discover the joy in her life. The women who “held my cervix between your fingers,” the women who will name their child “Beautiful”, the women with which “we held each other” allowed Gibson to feel accepted and understood. They “held these words for too many years” until someone would listen, and now Gibson is gushing her love out like a waterfall creating rainbows out of thin air. They cried for someone to “love me, love me, love me” and Gibson’s lover answered the call. Andrew ends with the poet exclaiming their message to a previously …show more content…

Even the right to live without social prejudice is unobtainable for them, as the two lovers need to fight against the judgmental stares chastising them for simply holding hands. The couple tell themselves “Fear is only a verb if you let it be” because this public display of affection strips fear of its active power and transforms fear into an inanimate noun incapable of disrupting their loving relationship. Basic human rights like these often reject the queer community to the point where many community members, Gibson included, need to fight for the simple right to love …show more content…

It was an influence during her time in a relationship, and it may even impact Gibson more when they lost that love. Maybe I Need You is another love poem that Gibson writes for her queer lover after a break-up. As Gibson begins this poem, the audience is shown a scene between Gibson and her former lover. This extremely personal scene was originally shared between two people, but Gibson brings us into her memories and feelings so we are a part of the narrative. It’s almost like we are watching Gibson profess her love through a TV screen, observing all but not physically present. The poem opens onto a quiet wintery night where the lover commits a crime of passion for Gibson by stealing an icicle. Gibson keeps this icicle for seven months, signaling that she never wanted to forget this magical gift from this magical memory. The scene reads like the picturesque moment in a romantic comedy; a light flurry of snow, a single “back alley street lamp”, the moment where the sparks of love ignite and we, as the audience, understand the two characters are meant to be together. But this love story is unique in that the main characters are queer, which goes against the classic trope of opposite sex romances. The poem becomes even more powerful when it centers around a non-heterosexual couple and demonstrates how queer relationships can be just as beautiful, if not more, than

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