AIDS? WHY SHOULD IT MATTER TO STRAIGHT PEOPLE?

Let us not forget

I remember the 1980s big time. Boy George, The Breakfast Club, big hair, Oprah, Wall Street, then along came AIDS. What was being done? Zero. Ronnie Reagan nodded and smiled in the White House for the cameras, while most of my friends (and eventually my lover) perished from this virus. Let us not forget.

Christian bigots ranted about family values,  yet Ryan White (an innocent youth) still died young (after he literally was forced to flee his hometown). Shame on a nation. I'm lucky to be alive. And I will continue to speak for those that can no longer speak. Again, let us not forget.

P.S. "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

— Anne Frank

 
Essay © 2015 by Dylan Mitchell

 

CAITLYN JENNER COMES ALIVE!

Wow! You go, girl   :-)

GO, BRUCE JENNER! GO!

What is infamy
Other than a poor man's fame?
Go, Bruce Jenner! Go!

Haiku © 2015 by Dylan Mitchell

AMERICAN GOTHIC (REVISITED)

(for Carmelita)

The portrait was his idea: That
proud half-blind farmer with the
menacing pitchfork in his strong
hand. I am barely there. The
Victorian brooch you see
belonged to our mother: A
lasting St. Valentine’s Day gift
from Father - in 1892: Roses are
so perishable. The merciful
townspeople are not ignorant of
my brother’s unnatural intent:
Their glittering eyes told me
only I am to blame. So I remain
at home - in my Father’s house:
A spinster recluse, not right in
the head. Blissfully corrupting
my poor brother’s bed.

Poem © 2009 by Dylan Mitchell 
Painting © Joe Phillips