From Little Zoe’s Diary Poem by Adeosun Olamide

Much my father said of here
That if he loves me-
He is a pedophile
So he withheld love

And to my brother he said
If you love your sister-
It is incest
So brother never looked me

And to me- he said
If you love a dog
It is bestiality-
And so he killed the dog God sent me-

There are many a things
The world don’t see
Many a love not understood
Many- given the name wrong
I wish he’ll see the feelings
That strange is no wrong
And be deaf to the noises
That calls it so-
I wish these voices that heeds
He hears also -that- that which gives mother joy
Some them weep and call it rape-