by law all men
should spend
time as women
but only a few
at a time
otherwise who
would be left
to shame rape
and kill them
Copyright © 2018 by William Shunn.
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William Shunn is author of the memoir The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary. His three dozen short stories have appeared in Salon, Storyteller, Newtown Literary, Asimov’s, F&SF, Science Fiction Age, Realms of Fantasy, Electric Velocipede, and elsewhere. His poetry has appeared in Sunstone, Analog, and Asimov’s, and is forthcoming in Newtown Literary. His work has been shortlisted for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Association for Mormon Letters Award. He edits The Piltdown Review. Learn more at shunn.net.
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