He said it seemed to be really hot and I told him it was a birthday present. I had forgotten that I had left a porn novel on the coffee table and when I came back with the beers, he said, 'I didn't know you were gay' I said I was as he flipped through the book. We exchanged greetings and he mentioned he had been celebrating his birthday, so I invited him in for a birthday beer. The black guy who lived in the studio apartment under my place was coming home. It was about 11:30pm and I'd been drinking beer after beer since about 5.
When I lived in Dallas, I stepped out on my balcony for a smoke.
