1960

1960 1960 he was born; we could have been in school, together. did he date, those sultry summer nights of our 16th year? did he sweat under heavy graduation robes in ‘78? the year my world fell apart was he already telling himself it only happens to someone else? he’ll never be 34 or see the next millennium. 1960 he was born, 1994 he has died... AIDS is our Holocaust and the Reaper laughs at the harvest.