My 29th Birthday June 22nd,1985.
The night I went to see a play.
One that I heard was gay that held the promise of a real live kiss.
From a real live
Brad Davis.
Upon the lips
of a real live man.
That's the kiss that I wanted to see but not the one that stayed and
and stayed and stayed with me after June 27th 1985: the night Larry Kramer kissed me
with his play,The Normal Heart
that shot through a loose canon
mouth and exploded my soul into a thousand teardrop deaths.
When I was getting my haircut at Rudolph's Unisex Hair Salon
He was listening to this record on the stereo and he was
dancing and singing to it while he was cutting my hair and the music was really, really cool.
He said it was a new band called Village People.
So I got it for Mommy for Christmas!
And so I'll rep rep repetition
Set set set to build my
Pyramid up to the highest weight.
Felt that burn.
Yeah.
That's why I go to the gym.
GWM 29 5'9" 150 lbs.
Blond/blue.
A 12" single.
Smart, smooth swimmer seeks you and you and you and you
and you and you and you and you
and you and you
and you and you.
For not a moment passed with you in it, Carlo
you were sick
and I just picked up right where you had left off.
Doing twice the things in half the time. I was moving so fast. I was moving so fast
But still, Carlo, you kept saying to me
Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Come on, I got an appointment to keep. And you must have in a moment of semblance
For in a month and a week, you left.
Paul. You singing, dancing, let go, new age, gypsy chorus boy queen.
Uh, God I loved you.
And, boy, I should've known you'd leap a tour
When I mentioned
maybe our dating was turning into a relationship.
Oh, no no no, you said. I have a career.
You gotta let go, let go, let go, you said because, God, I'm a dancer and a dancer dances.
And so I know you. I honor you. I love you. I light this light for you.
In a moment of stillness.
In a moment of semblance.
In a moment...
...and you'll see
people like Bill and me out
with their sons Richard and Bobby walking hand in hand on the streets of Oklahoma City
TOldeo, Ohio.
Portland, Oregon, Portland, Maine, Wichita, Kansas, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Monroe County, West Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, New York City, New York
without condemnation, restrictions or closets
but with the freedom to love
that we got when we took.
You know, the truth will set you free.
But first,
it will piss you off.