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Dec 1 04: world aids day, 2004
The clouds are whizzing eastward over Manhattan, high winds carrying them out over Long Island and the Atlantic as the sun sinks in the west. World AIDS Day has come round again, and as usual I find myself thinking of Mark. But as much as he is still loved, and his absence still felt, it feels wrong for me to sink into melancholy. It feels more important to think about those around me who we haven’t lost, the ones who take their meds and live their lives and whose health we try not to worry about when we don’t see them for a while. I’d rather find ways to help those we still have stick around than simply remember those who are gone.
So this is for Todd, and Jimbo, and Buck. Hi, guys. Hang in there.