Andrew Hahn: A Faggot Learns to Be Christ-Like
Photo: Joanna C. Valente
a faggot learns to be christ-like
at christian college i learned how to fuck men
to bear down on the steeple to be a good boy
i need them to want me the way
every church wants a congregation
lay me on the alter & eat me
in remembrance of the good boy before
one after the other a different kind of pain
a different kind of leaving a different kind of taste
they need all of me
all at once bc my body is the temple & the light
my pussy is their prayer
my body my heart my church doors throb from man’s desire
i told them not to worry about hurting me
a good boy sacrifices his body
when jesus offered himself
to the crowd of hungry men in uniform
he saved the world
Andrew Hahn is an MFA candidate at Vermont College of Fine Arts. His work is has been featured in R.kv.r.y Quarterly, Lunch, Crab Creek Review, and Rappahannock Review among others. His chapbook God's Boy is forthcoming from Sibling Rivalry Press.
