Affectionate males

A silly poem from India

During my time living and travelling in India, a few things stood out that I chose to write a small poem about. The guys were very affectionate with one another which seemed at odds with some people’s homophobic attitudes there. There closeness was also very different to what I had grown up with in the UK.

Look at those men!
Holding hands.

Surely they must be gay?
But they’re Indian

Don’t you know,
You’ll see it every day.

Holding pinkies, caressing hair,
Sitting on each other’s laps.

They’ve taken bromance,
to a whole new stage,
These ever so affectionate chaps.

Taken from “India! Silly Poems for your Backpack.” https://www.amazon.com/India-Silly-poems-your-backpack/dp/1521884102