Pradeep Mohandas
3 months ago
Self-portrait of David Wojnarowicz
History keeps me awake at night,
Was a commemorative they did,
Of David,
Who I had not heard of before tonight.
His self-portraits spoke of time,
That the world dealt with AIDS,
He dealt it in his own sweet way,
And by it in the end he passed away.
Protest is a form,
That is not easy to adopt.
But, in such times,
It is what makes us stand and stare.Comments
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