Thread by @bsgaudi

On this #WorldAIDSDay, I recall the poem "Here" by Paul Monette, a poem he wrote for his partner Roger Horwitz who died of complications of AIDS in 1986. Paul himself died of complications of AIDS in 1995.
hivhereandnow.com/35-years-poems…

"war is not all death it turns out war is what little thing you hold on to refugeed and far from home"

On this day, I mourn the lost. I remember the fighters and I remember the war. I honor the survivors: for many, COVID is not the first or even the worst pandemic they have faced and survived. I am grateful that they are still here.

Finally, I remind myself that the AIDS pandemic is far from over.