Maximillian Meets the Muscle Men

Young Maxie sat back in his armchair
the family album perched on his knee.
In photos he looked at his father, Maximillian,
who had travelled down under from over the sea.
In England where Max had come from
to be caught being lewd in a public place
was still seen as a criminal act.
To see gay people unafraid and in public
made him wonder how he should react