Perhaps Mick Jagger said it best in his iconic song “I Can't Get No Satisfaction.” Edgar an aging transvestite can't get any satisfaction. A warm summer night finds him lonely and in the mood for love. He picks up a young man at a bar, but sex doesn't calm the malice lurking in Edgar's heart. Edgar is torn between jealousy of the guy's youthfulness and yearning to possess the young man forever. This poem is quirky, strange, and speaks to gay men's deep aloneness in today's app-filled quickie love society.
The epistle, We Are Here is included. Celebrate what is strange, beautiful, and also what is great about our lives.
