by Linda Harris Freeman Reed Mcclellan Lee

Created on: October 23, 2009   Last Updated: October 30, 2009

Coming out ,

coming out the closet

yes thats what I'm trying to do.

So stuffy in there

I didn't know what to do.

I told my family yes I did,

I told my sister and my kids.

They act as if they didn't understand,

So I looked them in the eye as I began to cry.

My daughter looked at me and said,

"Momma why?"

I said, "I have no desire for a man."

She said, "I'll be damned!

How long have you known?"

"Only for a little while.

I've been curious."

She said, "no."

I said," yes."

She said, "momma, no!"

I said, "it's true."

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