GLBT Literature: Robert Patrick

Photo © Andrew Caldwell, poem © Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick

— playwright, novelist, lyricist, poet

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ROBERT PATRICK ON BEING GAY

Heterosexual lovers obsess,
And so mate to look after babies,
But I'm overdrawn
About sex that can't spawn—
About as productive as rabies.

Just what is the point of this staggering stress?
How smart are the powers that forge us?
What sense to the strain
Of desire and disdain?
How long, really, will you be gorgeous?

Robert Patrick Web Links

• Robert Patrick's Homepage
  
  
• Robert Patrick's Works
  Three Robert Patrick Plays, complete online:
  – Michelangelo's Models (1981/2005), his favorite
  – Evan On Earth (1991/2003)
  – Hollywood at Sunset (2002)
  
  
• Photos of Caffe Cino, the "birthplace of gay theatre"
  
  
• Robert Patrick at glbtq, Wikipedia, Knitting Circle & IMDb.