By Brittany Bell
My love life
Is not a crime scene
Where upon evaluation
Of incriminating evidence
A jury decides
“She’s one of us.”
The tally marks are uneven
But my convictions are not.
I have loved women
Far too fondly to be straight
And men
Far too many in number
For my Sapphic sisters.
My sisters, and brothers
Who call me greedy?
Or dirty, or in denial
For daring to love who I love
Without borders.
“Oh, just pick a side.”
But tell me
Even if you only crave chocolate
Or favor the familiar warmth of vanilla
Don’t some prefer the swirl?
Brittany is a 24-year-old bisexual woman from Worcester, MA who is working in the human services field.