(Bangkok, 2006)
Babylon: a homosexual hell/heaven providing the affluent queer with all his needs. And the first necessity is the opportunity to reject each other, with maximum disdain, at every moment. A simple turn of the head—I will not acknowledge you—is sufficient, though the place is crowded enough that the men must sway their heads from side to side constantly to avoid each other’s glance.
There is more looking away than looking. The occasional accident is bizarre. Two men, determined to ignore each other, collide. Men walk into walls.
Potted palms, placed throughout the complex, receive great attention. Only the palms can safely be looked at. Beautiful men fix them with hard stares while eating their fruit-laden breakfasts and ignoring each other.
As you can imagine, those potted palms have become quite puffed up and arrogant from all the attention. They consider themselves enormous, those potted palms. Positively towering.
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