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You know, I don’t ask for much. NO that’s a silly lie…it is all i do. Ask and need and want and try hard to form into a comfort. I am always seeking that place where I can relax- like that moment in a prayer where your heartbeat has a soul- it vibrates in your blood and you can feel it in your fingers.
I can remember a time I dressed in someone else’s clothes and had forever on my mind through summer days. I was younger then and more eager to commit. Now I don’t want your shirts or photographs or stories of drunken mishaps.
Thirty-four states and two U.S. territories have laws on their books that state that if a person living with HIV has sexual relations without prior disclosure of his or her HIV-positive status, then that person is committing a crime. Some laws permit sentencing a person living with HIV to jail (for up to 25 years) for having consensual sex with someone who is HIV-negative (or does not know his or her HIV status) without prior HIV disclosure — often even if a condom is used and no HIV is transmitted.
Prosecutions against HIV-positive individuals have occurred in at least 39 states (some states have used non-HIV-specific laws for sexual assault), invoking a spectrum of charges including attempted murder, sexual assault, and assault with a deadly weapon. Yes, ignorance has led to defining blood, semen, vaginal fluid, vomit, and saliva of people living with HIV as “deadly weapons” by the courts — and has even led to claims of “bio-terrorism” — even though HIV is now considered a chronic manageable disease. In five states alone more than 500 people have been charged under these laws.
Read more of this very important article - HIV is Not a Crime…or Is It? - HIV criminalization is tragically unjust and dangerous. It does not prevent transmission of HIV, but it does promote stigma and prevent testing and honest dialogue.
Be prepared to doubt me
I have been known to be inconsistent
It was a hot and lonely summer
Filled with revelation and exposure
Overexposure
To sun and grief
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