Faggots (44 page)
Authors: Larry Kramer,Reynolds Price
Fred stands and watches them. Yes, it’s hard to leave.
Then his eyes turn toward land.
There goes Dinky. Handsome Dinky. Such potential Dinky. That elusive Dinky. There goes Dinky, along the boardwalk, striding forth to meet the ferry, to meet his Georgia Peach, arriving on the Red Eye Special, there goes Dinky, striding forth, Cosmo on the leash before him, little lamb, to welcome George, good luck George, good luck all of us…
…yes it still hurts……there goes Rolex Submariner Number IV……yes I’m still scared……the group keeps growing, so many for our growing group, many many many millions who wish to welcome The Summer of Our Lives.
Two other discos opened last night. ContreTemps closed. Heavenly Garage looks to be a winner.
I’m 40.
Happy Birthday Me.
Larry Kramer
is the cofounder of Gay Men’s Health Crisis and the founder of ACT UP. He is the author of
The Normal Heart,
which was selected as one of the 100 Greatest Plays of the Twentieth Century by the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain and is the longest running play in the history of the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Public Theater. He is also the author of
The Destiny of Me,
which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won an Obie and the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play. Kramer’s screenplay adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s
Women in Love,
a film he also produced, was nominated for an Academy Award. He is a recipient of the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was the first openly gay person and the first creative artist to be honored by a Public Service Award from Common Cause. His other plays include
Just Say No
and
Sissies’ Scrapbook
. He is currently at work on a new novel,
The American People.