world upon world upon world. i am now sitting in another mcdonalds.
women everywhere gossip while a couple plans a childs birthday party
with the manager. different languages. the gossips all the same.
maureen this. beatrice that. and richard, audrey's son. is he in
college yet. my mother. her grandmother. so she asked her what kind of
pills she was taking. and did you know. she was taking anti-
depressants. so i was saying. that reminds me. oh really? the truth is
a virus. forget the truth. gossip is the real virus. if the truth
seeps in there so be it. but these are people who care little for the
truth. only gossip. the juicier the better. i could create a wild and
scandalous life and keep them entertained for months.
world upon world upon world. im living with bill. he lives down the
street in the latino district. nice apartment. hes one of the few
whites who live in the neighbourhood. they leave him alone though.
even the drug dealers say hi to him as he passes. crosses the street
and enters his apartment.
world upon world upon world. thrown into the gay subculture of new
york. charlie works at the big top as an exotic dancer. its a male
strip joint in central manhattan. mainly for gay men. he works along
side steve reeces. one of the male strippers photographed for madonnas
book. they are mostly gay. maybe all gay. i dont ask. charlies
obsessing over this guy dave. bills after this guy dan who works as a
waiter/doorman at the big top. they slept together one night when they
both were drunk. bill hasnt had a call from him since. he says hes
busy. and that he hardly knows bill. bills too young. though bill is
three years older than dan. dan usually dates men in their thirties.
dan is twenty. casual sex in the gay underworld of new york.