{"sf1_id":1118354,"sf2_id":"Jew250K1","title":"arg === \"equal\" \u0026 Cruising","author":"charles_they","words":314,"posted_at":"2017-01-05T00:40:45.000Z","tags":["Car","Cock","Cuffs","Gay","Knot","Limerick","M/M","Male","Male/Male","Petrarchan","Poem","Poetry","Police","Sex","cop","sonnet"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1118354-arg-equal-cruising","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Jew250K1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/72/a2/72a2fba7-acf1-45e8-8fc0-b02ff3093cb7","description":"A Petrarchan sonnet on marriage equality, and a limerick on police cruising.","content":"### Preamble\n\nA Petrarchan sonnet follows the rhyme scheme abba abba cdX cdX, where X is either c or e. The first two quatrains announce the problem, while the shift from the problem to the resolution or answer begin with the sestet (the last six lines in a sonnet, which is divided into two groups of three verses, also known as tercets).\n\n* * *\n\n### arg === \"equal\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"The question stands again it seems, today:\n\nAnd if by night it's not been put to rest,\n\nThen come tomorrow, What will we contest?\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe time has come for us to judge the gay.\"\n\n\"A marriage is for love!\" did cry the Nay,\n\nTheir disputation clear as they addressed.\n\nTheir opposition seemed quite unimpressed;\n\n\"does love not often change?\" did roar the Yay.\n\n\"Although we've ruled today, it's with remorse,\"\n\nDid say the Judge, a twinkling in his eye,\n\n\"For this does change, of life, its very course.\n\n\"One's vows do bind beyond a single force,\"\n\nDid state the Judge, his smile becoming wry,\n\n\"We cannot let these gays have their divorce.\"\n\n* * *\n\nAh, limericks. Much like foxes, they rarely (if ever) tire, and you can always rely on them for a good time.\n\n* * *\n\n### Cruising\n\nA craven and curious cop /\n\nMade a sordid and secretive stop /\n\nFirst at a gay bar /\n\nThen inside his car /\n\nTo discover if he were a top /\n\nAfter most of their mess had been dried /\n\nHe offered his partner a ride /\n\nHis message was missed /\n\nAnd bound by the wrist /\n\nHe found himself suddenly tied /\n\nWhat had been presumed by his peer /\n\nWas not his intention, that's clear /\n\nBut impressed by his ardor /\n\nThe cop shouted \"Harder!\" /\n\nLearning he liked knots in his rear.\n\n* * *\n\n-Charles Michael Averin","series":{"name":"Old/Archive","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1117318-the-bickering-couplet-degradation.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1119536-song-of-the-sauna-epitaph-for-innocence.json"}}