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A Garden of Storms

Physical Version, 2015      Digital Version, 2017



Written and illustrated by Don Gaddis, A Garden of Storms gives an autobiographical account of the modern South as seen from the point of view of a young gay artist.

 

Whether lounging poolside with a beautiful yet handicapped Texan man, leaving a nightclub in the wee small hours of the morning without hope of meeting someone, or coming to terms with the death of a close relative, the author takes the reader on a candid journey. 

 

This limited print run includes black & white as well as color illustrations.  62 pages.  Approximately 7 by 8.
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To purchase the physical version, send payment of $25, along with your name and mailing address, via Paypal to: art.tree@dongaddis.com.

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The digital version is available via Amazon for $5. 

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Sample from book:
 

"A Drop of Honey"
 

"Bye, honey."

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He said it

with a casual

Southern-sugar-daddy-gentlemanly drawl.

Surely I misheard,

or he misspoke.

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Honey.

My mind drifted

and pilfered back through the years,

as if rummaging through a tin

of empty candy wrappers.

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Nothing.

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No "Baby-doll."

No "Sweetie-pie."

Just the one, platonic drop of honey,

newly planted on my cheek-ear

via random phone call;

the sonic equivalent of a reflexive kiss,

that which seldom passes

from one man to another,

even when blood

sticks the two together

amiably.

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I... didn't... know... how... to... feel,

other than embarrassed.

I had rolled around in it.

A meager drop.

Alas, my honey starved soil was human.

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Either he misspoke,

or I misheard.

Or he really loved me.

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