Julene Tripp Weaver
A Decision Was Called For
HIV prognosis death he faced me head on we cried in the consult room joined in the tragic news storms in each teardrop I said, You can leave gale winds blew through our home a mudslide beneath our feet the forgiven affair revived there is a sacrifice required monogamy must be mutual a seismic shift deep kisses shunned but, with a grateful heart he stayed
Julene Tripp Weaver is the author of a chapbook and two full-length collections. Her latest, Truth Be Bold: Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS (Finishing Line Press, 2017), was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Nonfiction, and won the Bisexual Book Award for the Best Bisexual Poetry Book, as well as four Human Relations Indie Book Awards. Her work is online at The Seattle Review of Books, Voices in the Wind, Antinarrative Journal, Anti-Heroin Chic, MadSwirl, and Writing in a Woman’s Voice. Weaver is a psychotherapist in Seattle, WA. You can find more of her writing at julenetrippweaver.com.
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