Men kiss men on the cheeks

I didn’t use to pee in urinals. I was shy and confused. But now that I’ve been to death and back, I’ve grown more confident and a bit lazier.

At the gym where I go in the Castro
Men kiss men on the cheeks
And sometimes on the lips

Today,
A gay man tries to help another unload the weight from the chest bar he just used. The other man, visibly straight, says:
“No… Thank you”

And somehow, this feels
Like the beginning
Of the end
Of the Castro