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Human Error
For Brant
by Edmund Miller
Clear across the room, shining in dim light,
The rock hard golden boy with baby face
Shifts his weight side to side, dancing in place,
A dazzling Apollonian sight.
But Olympian Brant slows the pace
To greet his votaries with lips pouted.
"I'm not concerned about being outed,"
He says. Yet he does need some private space.
And after the show, the god has to eat,
For exertion makes body overheat.
Off to reinvigorate with a white
Omelette, he's followed by stalker one night.
Eluding this fan throws off his diet,
Forcing him to breakfast where they fry it.
Brant is an actor who also works as a dancer, model, and bartender. A member of Actors' Equity, he has appeared on the soap operas Another World and As the World Turns and in the film The Cut Runs Deep. His stage rôles include Joseph Wykowski in Biloxi Blues, Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Bo in Bus Stop, Delmot in The Miss Firecracker Contest, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mike Connor in The Philadelphia Story, and the Nudist in Harold and the Nudist. A native of New Orleans, Brant is proud of his skill in preparing the classic Cajun dish jambalaya.
From The Go-Go Boy Sonnets: Men of the New York Club Scene
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