rabbit

if, this evening, the image of a certain childhood comes back to me, how can i keep from welcoming the lesson of love and poverty it offers? since this hour is like a pause between yes and no, i leave hope or disgust with life for another time

“For New York City Pride in 1994 (Stonewall 25), Baker created a mile-long rainbow flag that was carried down First Avenue in Manhattan. During the parade, Baker used scissors to cut segments from the flag to be rushed to Fifth Avenue for an impromptu protest march in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the headquarters of New York City’s anti-gay Catholic archdiocese.

So here is my promise.

The whole faser scene still makes me absolutely insane. Jeremy didn’t even bring up those bruises until Laila did. And those bruises hurt to touch. He just acted like it was normal. Like he hadn’t been surprised it happened. He wasn’t even mad at faser. In fact, he defends him. Protects him. He worries about not being able to lock the door while faser is sleeping. He tries to spare faser from Jean’s wrath. He tells Jean, automatically, that faser didn’t mean to hurt him, even though it was very clear that faser could not have cared less if he hurt Jeremy.