Ben
driving home, from a having a lovely dinner with this magnificent individual, e.e. cummings starts talking to me & he won’t stop:
Buffalo Bill’s defunct who used to ride a watersmooth-silver stallion and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat Jesus he was a handsome man and what i want to know is how do you like your blueeyed boy Mister Death
each time i see Ben, i am astounded by his open-armed approach to the world. he can make you forget that his life has already been thrice been filled with more obstacles than most of us will ever have to encounter. i admire this gift he has, this open heart and terrific smile, despite it all. thank you for your unabashed thirst, and your perseverance. and for making my world a substantially more worthwhile place to live in. i love you. sam
ben, friendship, gerbil, love
