Nemo:
It may be impossible to use "queer" without those of a younger strata not thinking of gayness. I do not think this is a strong problem here.
The flurry of rhymes has a both a kind of slow wisdom and hurtling flight. Placed in juxtaposition with the more bulky first speaker, they have an urgency of reassurance.
I sometimes script it as if it were a King Lear of a less apocalyptic time-line consoling and being consoled by a daughter. It is strange; most young men are not Hamlet: but almost all old men are Lear.
It is an exquisite performance.
Hope this helps.
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