The Cause of Death

Tommie is a young guy in Manhattan with a dead-end job handing out fliers in Times Square. At the beginning of a fateful summer, he has a chance encounter with a friend who tells Tommie that he's headed to Provincetown, on the Cape, for a long weekend. Tommie is inspired to make his own trek to P-town, where he goes on a summer long, balls-out quest for Mr. Right, even though he has no money and holds his breath each time he uses his American Express card. In the course of the summer, Tommie looks for a work as a house boy at various inns, works several jobs, benefits from the kindness of a stranger, and gets involved with a series of men. Is it all worth it?

Perhaps the way to deal with the adversary is confront him in ourselves. We have to fight for little bit of health. We have to make our living and dieing important again. and the living and dieing of others. Isn't that what poerty is about?' Stanley Kunitz, US Poet Laureate This is a story of two gay men who didn't think they were important and a town that is important to the gay community, Provincetown. The story goes on to investigate how homophobia and heterosexism influencees the legal system and justice. Like lemonade it is a tart and bitter story but also refreshing.