sometimes books confuse even me

I ID as queer even if I haven't put it into practice recently.

I love animals enough that I haven't eaten them in decades and I used to petsit a lot, like respected and trusted as a responsible petsitter.

And poetry means so much to me that it has ruined my life several times in ways that most people could never even imagine.

I'm a poster child for making the world safer for queer animal-loving poetry, I really am.

I'm even in favor of anthologies that only allow GLBT writers on themes that don't necessarily mandate only GLBT writers.  (Because I'm heterophobic or at least frustrated by how quietly the majority can think it's whispering while it's drowning out minority voices.)

But this is confusing:



It's an anthology of verse about dogs by such noted authors as Gertrude Stein and W. H. Auden!

I even saw it for sale on a British pet supply website!

And, yes, if I were teaching a course on gender identity and dog poetry, I would use this text, but...