S.T.D.

If during our short
yet exciting relationship
I ever gave you
a sexually transmitted disease

don’t delude yourself
it was as unintentional
as that time Air Canada
shut up those bitchy unionized employees
with hefty severance packages

this is not to say
I was angry at you
it was for your own good

sometimes you needed
to be shut up too

Marcus McCann

Marcus McCann is an employment and human rights lawyer, member of Queers Crash the Beat, and a part owner of Glad Day Bookshop. Before becoming a lawyer, he was the managing editor of Xtra in Toronto and Ottawa.

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