About the Gilda Stories,

in reference to when 

we discussed the essence of "family" 

                                                          within their

'coven' (for lack

of knowing what they would rather be 

referred to/as...

perhaps "family")

An        e     way

We didn't get to discuss how "family"

is used in queer communities!

                                       i.e.         **studying at the library**    

                                  gay boi:"hey you know what? I've been really diggin that cute boi over there that                                                              works on the third floor, but

i just dont know if he's gay."

                              young lesbian: "oh that one dude? oh yea, he's family."

Two lesbians, mid-twenties, sitting at a cafe in Oakland on Piedmont Ave

"oh man, did you see that chick that just walked in? I'd be so down

to go ask for her number, but it be embarrassing if she wasn't family."

"nah man, look at that beanie! i say you go for it." 

I think its important to note

that the reference to family in both

the LGBT and Vampire communities 

is a queer reality!

as immortals, reproduction is imposible

for it takes a living heart beat to 

maintain 

                              the one 

growing 

                   inside

the womb.

And vampires just ain't got a heart beat.

Many LGBT (and all those in that very wide spectrum to which i don't know all the letters to) community members

decide not to have children

and so create a family of friendship

of trust

caranala/os from another mother

perhaps from my

 other mother

There is a very deep rooted ceremony 

in recognizing that 

both parties are searching for a place to belong

and so 

     

they/we give birth to one another 

through the gifts of love

that they/we bestow

upon each other