Monthly Archives: December 2013

at 61

at 61, i  live in a town amid:    old hipsters   the nouveau riche hippie-identified youth     friends i love and friends that i still love who have mysteriously slipped away… i live in a walking town, as less people walk…..a … Continue reading

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slam: round one HIV/AIDS redeaux…

Originally posted on Shadowdance:
when the “gay cancer” hit         loss became a name of the game         friends         lovers               peers           co-workers        a generation     disappeared     those sick lost      weight   jobs    family    friends dignity         as immune systems crashed   quickly     mercilessly    aging the young    crossing brain barrier  to turn young man to old…

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