River Houston's Poem

I found it! The poem I wanted to find yesterday, finally found it. This is called "Death is for the dead" by River Houston

AIDS AIDS AIDS
fuck it man I'm saying it
when I asked my mama what fuck meant she said
fuck, fuck fuck
the world looks and sees what it wants
they have memorials written
they have you wasted and dead
skeleton in your bed
AIDS AIDS AIDS
Oliver Wendell Holmes
once said
"To find true happieness get a terminal illness
and take real good care of your self."
real good care pajama parties cookies and milk
afternoon naps kinda care
lots of LOVE LOVE LOVE
I see angels flying
above everyone's head
miracles all day long
in oranges brown fat crawly bugs
on the big time journey across the towpath
ducks in winter Ginkgo trees raining yellow
GINKGO GINKGO GINKGO
my dog smiling and wagging its tail
to the rhythm of three sweet altos
"Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door"
Rivers are always miracles
they aren't stopped by rocks
bridges boulders beer bottles
old tires dead bodies
or even dead refrigerators
they go around over above under
embracing all they touch
they never go back to the beginning
to get it right
changing forever seeking accepting expanding being
We have moral worlds filled with Gods
Buddha Christ Vishnu Mohammed and Henry
the hitchhiker's god
they walk us through to the end
shedding our named coats
our finely pressed out laid out
figured out fitted in life suits
no expectations no more
mundane earthly matters
9-5 skull famine
weight-loss facelifts fashion statements
free to go home
the early release program
do the mambo till dawn
safe sex erotic safe sex
free of judgment, guilt and shame
death is for the dead
and living is for every one else
AIDS AIDS AIDS
hey I said it
don't memorialize metaphorize
hypnotize catergorize or sanitize me
its hard enough living with an illusion
no more sympathetic death sentence eyes
I'm not dead dying
no siree bob I'm living
just thought I'd let you know

World AIDS day

I was looking around for my favorite poem about AIDS but..I can't find it to save my life. Whatever...I do have a cafepress store that sells items to get the word out about HIV AIDS, its linked on the right over there, check it out, good stuff.

Here's a link to my story. Tells it pretty well I think. My feelings about HIV, If someone tells you they are HIV+ here's a good way to deal with it. And finally, here's some truth about the disease.

Now onto updates on my life. Buddy is doing much better, he's back to his playful, eating, puppy self. We went and got Lily her booster shots just in case, so she's all updated and feeling good. Its been raining here and the dogs DO NOT like the rain. Which sucks because then they have indoor accidents...*sigh*

We did get out for a walk today in spite of the rain. Buddy did well, Lily was a bit pissed off to be out in the rain but they did good.

Yesterday as we were driving about we were coming home and saw a dog running down the side of the road. I really wanted to stop, we live on a busy street! Thats how we ended up keeping Buddy however so...we didn't stop. The dog had a collar on so we hoped that someone else would stop and get him/her. I guess no one did because we were going for our walk today and he was dead on the side of the street. I just...my god. Am I the only one who cares for animals!?

I'm excited, D and P are coming over tonight. They won some money on a scratch it and they're spending all of it on soaps! Turns out that the amount they want to spend is exactly how much soap I have left. Crazy no!? I'm stoked because that means everything I need for Christmas presents will be fresh.