December, 2008:
The Ghosts of Christmas Past 1961 – 1966
behind fourteenth street i found
another capsule in time
undisturbed polaroid moment
wrought iron testaments
to rust and brick
enamel
snow
Polaroid Behind 14th Street – Originally posted at Fading Ad Campaign Website
cobwebs dangling from chevys
tangling in memory
unfixed polaroid
beehived momma
steer me home
return
silk
Cobwebs 7:1 – Originally posted on Fading Ad Campaign Website
Portrait of Frank Jump taken by Joe Teti – ACT-UP 1988
Joe Teti took a series of pictures of me on his roof a week before he died in his new apartment on Bank Street in Greenwich Village. The night he died, he said goodbye to me and apologized for not letting me stay longer. I said, “OK Joe, you have plans tonight. That’s cool.” He had tears in his eyes. As I was leaving a buddy of his was walking in. Apparently they shot up together and Joe died of an overdose. He had found out that week that his T-Cells were almost non-existent and his liver was failing. That year, I lost over 250 friends and acquaintances (ballpark figure). Joe Teti- I think of you often.