the second sexual revolution has been building since the turn of the millennium
once AIDS had disappeared from our hospitals and gay bars.
dating websites were the start of the cyber game, which gay men embraced with gusto
where drug deals and dates started to become a normal combination in some quarters
gaydar – gay romeo dominated
recon held the fetish market
moving to the darker zones of bbrts – bareback realtime sex
and eventually nastykinkpigs where the doings got deviant and dirty
meth was a rarity at first
but the examples of sydney and the usa could have shown us in London
that meth is a manifest curse
the smoking ban in clubs had an effect
dance floor flow was disrupted
outdoor smoking changed the night out
many guys started to prefer to party at home
where they could also consume sacraments in peace
grindr, scruff, tindr and the ilk
suddenly made partying from home that much easier and more fun
dates could be arranged and deals could be done
shopping for sex, for satisfaction
for adventure or distraction
bodies on the screen
for free or for sale
no love involved
so drugs are what we need
to free the mind, feel the high and find the connection
but there are sacrifices that can follow
like a fucked mind and no erection
an addiction quickly acquired that makes no sense
sex sacrificed to a game of pretence
20 years ago very few gay men injected drugs
in the second decade of the 21st century ‘slamming’ has become common
no need to repeat the horror stories here
gay men are not listening to them anyway
meth high continues to draw men in to the tinaverse
perhaps meth is a manifest curse
canaries in the meth mine
in the consumer age
use me, use you, take me, feed you
men use each other like commodities
and sex becomes a selfish fulfilling of need, a seeking of seed
to temporarily fulfill a deeply felt need:
a gay man ultimately seeks to feel and know the god inside him through the love of another man
canaries in the meth mine
men forget how to love, how to make love without the chem
lose empathy and the ability to care about others
as their own inner unacknowledged pain becomes immense
this manifest curse is a reversal of our humanity
it makes no sense
but is this the future for the human race?
slaves to the machine, manifest in our hands
everyone an object to be utilized at will
the deadly threat of aids kept at bay by a pill:
canaries in the meth mine
obsessed with economics, politics and war
in the post AIDS era
humanity is walking blindly through the open door
of liberated sexual behaviour:
we need to talk about the second sexual revolution
understand the pandora’s box we’ve opened
the canaries in the meth mine
are dying because sexuality is still not understood
a man’s body is a miracle
his love is a gateway to heaven
as loving brothers gay men could be changing the world
welcoming young men into a healthy, respectful, conscious scene:
we need to face our demons to free our minds and hearts
meet each man with love if we wish our sexual activities to nourish our souls
the shame was imposed on us, the guilt and the fear
it’s time we shook off these wounds
that led us into aids and lead into addiction
for we have the power to create a world built on love of man for man
it’s a simple and divine plan
the manifest curse is decimating us
as the manifest disease did before
but healing comes when we embrace every aspect of life as divine play
and drop the constant craving for more
the healing comes when we find queer family, queer friends
with whom our heart aligns and we share the best times
the healing comes when we remember love
is what drove us to come out in the first place
the healing comes when we remember we are spirit
here to live out a dream
we weren’t born for suffering
we are GAY, we are lovers of life Herself
but we need to urgently attend to our own spiritual, emotional and mental health
in 50 years since Stonewall we have manifested a global revolution
but our community contains suffering, abuse and pain
as we are celebrating our massive achievements in just 5 decades
we must seek to change the narrative told in the world, the narrative about who we are
no longer the outcasts, the perverted, the sick
we are the wounded healers, we are artists and seekers:
it’s time for us to truly claim our worth
and see an end to the manifest curse
canaries in the meth mine:
scouts on the extreme edge of the second sexual revolution
and all of us
need to remember
a gay man ultimately seeks to feel and know the god inside him through the love of another man
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