The Invisible Library

Baghdad - May 17, 2004

The past few days have actually been pretty nice here in Baghdad. Sunny and warm but not hot. Occasionally, the sky will fill with dust. I’ve never seen anything like it. Looks far worse than the smoggiest day in LA. Kicks up the allergies and coughs real good. Thankfully, today is clear.

Just fetched a communal refrigerator for our new office space. (Can’t rely on the government for everything.) Everyone was amazed when I took their money and returned with the fridge within an hour. I had a connection who had a connection. Got a glimpse of the “Baby Assassins Gate” when ferrying the fridge across from the Red Zone. The area was filled with Iraqis filing in and out beside the tanks which guard the Green Zone. Sometimes, it takes hours for them to cross. It has to be nerve racking waiting in line. After all, some bombers have blown themselves up at these checkpoints.

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Today, it becomes official (at least In Massachusetts). The Man stamps the hands of happy gay couples and magically transforms them from sinners into saints.

And all the thumpers gnashed and wailed, and flogged their backs with grandpapy’s extra heavy duty Bible (the one with wooden covers, for thumping niggers and keeping the women folk in their place).

Welcome to married life, Boys! And Girls! I hope it’s everything you hoped it would be. And for all my queer friends in the other 49 states, don’t fret. Your day is coming. Soon, you too will have the rights of every citizen. ‘Til then, go read the farmer’s ode to the Love that dare not speak its name.