"When Your Brother He Is Gay, Pretend You Already Know"

This is another poem by Jeanann Verlee, I enjoyed how funny her first poem was I decided to do another one by her. I like that she picks the title for someone who seems to be rebellious and always seems to be in trouble. It seems that this hunch is backed up when it she says not to "strike your mother back" and boys are calling to find out your cup size, and not to give them a serious answer. I fin it funny that she says "stops you in the stairwell to ask if you're a boy, explain that you keep your hair short so she doesn't have anything to grab when you headbutt her, then headbutt her." I laughed. However, I find that this poem got serious and slightly scary. It was as if she faced these scenarios herself. At the end she starts talking to the audience and it took me by surprise because it wasn't at all what I expected her to sound like after hearing her poem.