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cc&d magazine (v212)
(the September 2010 Issue)
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AS IF...

R. N. Taber

They say he died of AIDS
and that’s why some people speak of him
as if he were a dog that caught rabies
and had to be put down

He was a good man
some people say, often whispering in my ear
(as if loath to confide a great sin)
that he was gay

He was a kind man
some people seem anxious I should believe,
as if making reparation of the kind
worn on a sleeve

He was an honest man
some people waste no time in pointing out,
as if on the defensive after being
caught out in a lie

He was a friend, who died
of AIDS although some people will not say that,
as if in denial of a word that deserves
they get it right

A good, kind, honest friend
dies of AIDS and still people blaming gay men,
as if any minority ever had a monopoly
on promiscuity



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