Status Updates From Kingfisher

Bottom page - hinting to Michael about his emotional affair. Scared of the poet dying NOT his mother. What is the significance of that?

main character’s relationship with women is very interesting. Gay men, patriarchy, sexuality, gendered power, performance, limited intimacy, vulnerability. Calling his mother by her name, rejection of maternity and indication of a lack of maternal affection. Seems so cliche that his pattern with women is that of claiming power. Gay man and their performance of patriarchal masculinity in homosexual relationships.