MY FRIENDS

gym rats
bikers
faggots
artists
writers
transgenders
religious zealots
alcoholics
drug addicts
ex-cons
cons
gallery-owners
former gallery-owners
garbagemen-and-women
mailmen-and-women
waitresses-and-waiters
bartenders
strippers
hookers
pole dancers
burlesque queens
porn stars
cab drivers
pizza and flower, deliverymen-and-women
models
whores
cops
private investigators
security men
mobsters
cops
attorneys
doctors
nurses
sociologists
psychologists
anthropologists
apologists
business owners
former business owners
actors
screenwriters
architects
contractors
landscapers
educators
call girls
heavy equipment operators
other tradesmen
and so many more...
i think i am fortunate...
i accept all this wonderful diversity.
for, without it all...
i am incomplete.
i learn things from everyone.
i am no better or worse than any of my friends.
i am a part of this vast humanity.
i am one with my brothers and sisters.
i must remember this.
if i do, things will remain allright with me...
and by me.