{"id":2079,"date":"2023-12-19T20:33:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T20:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wessmongojolley.com\/home\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2023-12-19T20:34:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T20:34:27","slug":"the-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wessmongojolley.com\/home\/2023\/12\/19\/the-living\/","title":{"rendered":"The Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cThe front section is the realm of the dead, symbolized by inert materials \u2013 polished black granite and concrete.  The back section represents the living.\u201d <\/em><\/p>

\u2014Parc de l\u2019espoir \u2013 AIDS Memorial Park
Ville-Marie, Montreal.<\/p>

I\u2019ve lost those cubes of half remembered dead\u2014
not even half I\u2019ve forgotten them completely<\/p>

In favor of the mullet-headed sandal-toed lover
who picks his teeth in the coffee shop<\/p>

In favor of proud meat market hookups
who won\u2019t bother to feign interest or surprise<\/p>

In favor of coffee so black and strong
old memories are strangled into myth<\/p>

In favor of shared glances gelled Mohawks veined throbbing house
music pounding our spines until our hearts skip a beat in unison<\/p>

In favor of a street filled with desperately handsome men I cannot
see through the haze of a new love\u2019s breath on my eyelids<\/p>

In favor of dying happy because of
last night and last night and last night<\/p>

When spasms of ecstasy ended with
my tears spread across both his calves<\/p>

     (First published in The November 3rd Club, 2010)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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The Living \u201cThe front section is the realm of the dead, symbolized by inert materials \u2013 polished black granite and concrete.  The back section represents the living.\u201d  \u2014Parc de l\u2019espoir \u2013 AIDS Memorial ParkVille-Marie, Montreal. I\u2019ve lost those cubes of half remembered dead\u2014not even half I\u2019ve forgotten them completely In favor of the mullet-headed sandal-toed … <\/p>\n

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