Especially when you can’t do anything except “be there.” I want to make him stop hurting, but I can’t.
So, I just follow him around whenever he wants to show me his world.
One night Patrick took me to this park where men go to find each other.
Patrick told me that if I didn’t want to be bothered by anyone that I should just not make eye contact.
He said that eye contact is how you agree to fool around anonymously. Nobody talks.
They just find places to go. After a while, Patrick saw someone he liked.
He asked me if I needed any cigarettes, and when I said no, he patted my shoulder and walked away with this boy.
I just sat on a bench, looking around. All I saw were the shadows of people.
Some on the ground. Some by a tree. Some just walking. It was so quiet.
After a few minutes, I lit a cigarette, and I heard somebody whisper.
“You got an extra cigarette?” the voice asked. I turned around and saw a man in shadow.
“Sure,” I said. I reached out to hand the man a cigarette. He took it.
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