Karen: To Love

Karen sits in front of me at a table in the shade, and before either of us sat down, she pulled out her pack of American Spirits cigarettes and hands me a book titled ‘Creating a World that Works for All’, and nothing seemed more indicative of how the interview was going to go. She reaches for my light blue bic lighter sitting just past her latte in a ceramic mug. She peers at me through her glasses and awaits patiently for the questions to begin.



She responds to my questions in an incredibly passionate manner of which I was eternally grateful.



Liberal
A deep belief that all people have rights,
To opportunity,
To health care,
To water,
To basic living and
We cannot, as a society,
Take care of each other in that manner.

I have some gay friends

It’s always been my belief
That people loving each other
Is loving each other and
That gender doesn’t really
Have anything to do with it

And as far as understanding
Gay people and gay rights,
I guess my curiosity has just
Led me to ask a lot of questions
And to know these people,
They’re not any different from me,
Not at all different and

It’s a human right to love who you want to love