Queer to the Ear

I'm reading The Washington Post

And, I'm sorry, but to save my life

I can't get used to seeing "his husband"

Or what is just as strange, "her wife."

It's clear that they want to make it

A part of our everyday speech,

But I'll always believe holy wedlock

Is when there is one of each.

David Martin

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