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I want to be a different kind
of James Bond. Dressed
in a tuxedo, ice in whiskey,
cruising men glamorously.
Take off my shirt, open
my biceps and six pack
to a host of men.
Go to bed with enemies.
Pounding guts. World politics
a trail of broken hearts.
James Bond, when can you
be as queer as me?