Procession
Procession
I am the latest in a line
of who knows how many women.
I’ve accepted that.
He says he loves me.
That much I believe.
If he loved himself,
he’d...
Crying
Crying
“You cry but harm nothing in yourself.”
—Tony Kushner, Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
Those tears aren’t real
they’re not from your well
only borrowed and now...
The Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead
by Kgebetli Moele
Kwela Books
Kgebetli Moele is a South African novelist who has won several prizes. Not surprising, given his passionate...
Eight Haiku
by Frederick Smith
Single story homes,
Bright orange-red trees of autumn
American dream
Lump growing larger
Waiting in the car outside
I am so afraid
Electronic Light
Images of you and I
Passion...
Designers Against AIDS
Designers Against AIDS
The First Decade
Ludion Publishers
Let’s skip to page 118, the start of Ninette Murk’s narrative about how Designers against AIDS (DAA) , the...
Golden Gate Operator Services—1983
Golden Gate Operator Services—1983
When the first one came, I knew there would be more.
Some looking at the ground, some with plaintive eyes.
Some couldn’t ask,...
Scent of a Woman
Scent of a Woman
For days I touched you,
your moist feverish skin,
rubbed your swollen saffron
limbs with almond-scented oil.
I breathed prayers rhythmically
to the hypnotic sound
of the...
a small victory
a small victory
It is three weeks
after being told of
his newly risen counts,
two weeks
after my official
undetectable diagnosis,
and the first time
we’ve returned to making
truly passionate love.
We...
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The state of Arkansas excludes individuals from healthcare, openly, directly,...
