rough spots. No, he is no longer living and of course I miss him. Is that so different from all the older men whose wives are gone, or the wives who have outlived their husbands? Under such circumstances we all learn how to adjust. Isn't that what life is like for all of us?

"Frankly, if you'll again forgive my plain speaking, I don't really care whether or not you accept me as a homosexual. I would hope, however, that knowing what I have just told you, you still can accept me as a person and I would also say that how you react to what I have told you will pretty well spell out just what sort of guy you yourself really are. Shall we shake on that?"

Sidney Rothman, Guest Editor

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Two Poems

by Maggie North

Remind me

to brush the thistles from your hair and brow -but

not

right now.

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Beautiful girl

you don't have to pose or stand so tall

when you know

I'm watching. you

don't have to wear

the blue suit

or bracelets

Or perfume your wrist.

Just lie by me

and let your hair fall on my face.-