X, Y?

This is just a few jumbled lines of my thoughts at the moment. I desperately want a gay [guy] friend. Why can't people just BE FRIENDS? Without the guilt trip.

Color
Culture
Weight
IQ
Religion
Of all of the cliched, overwrought prejudices
The most irksome seems to be overlooked
That which cuts the deepest and scars uncurably
Gender?
Any takers?
No, not a transvestite. Even in today's society.
Merely a soul peeved by the regulations
The requirements placed upon us all
An X and Y cannot mingle
Without the suffocations of lust?
To what extent should it be
Tolerated?
How long should a weary mind
Endure?
At what point does it become too much?
I suppose one cannot know until that apex
Has been surmounted.
The downward spiral sounds welcoming.