Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Public Image Maintenance

As I got older, I did get

A public image to uphold.

Then rumors began that upset

Me, that I was gay, the world was told.

So I began my searching for

The lady who'd be right for me,

I felt a necessary chore,

So gay rumors might cease to be.

Such lady I found and pursued,

But she shunned me to my dismay.

Then finally I did conclude,

Both in the closet, we were gay.

She was my Ms. Right all along,

But for her, I was Mr. Wrong.