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Turnover
For Gregory Vincent
by Edmund Miller
From rolling around on the little stage
At King, the dancer in the rude crew cut
Gets all smudged up and a black-and-blue butt.
When body dancing fails to engage
The disdainful bar flies, he tries head stand.
This new contortion also cuts no ice
With the other guys, but his strange device
Gets a rise out of me. About to hand
Him a tip, I sense he's going to crash:
I hear him squeak out, "Help me!" and fear
He'll fall and hurt himself. Although I'm near
Enough to do all Gregory's bidding,
With equilibrium he takes the cash
And—smiling sheepishly—says, "Just kidding!"
Gregory is an actor, model, dancer, bartender, and photographer. A Calvin Klein model, Gregory has also been on the cover of Männer aktuell, HX, and Next. His favorite photographer is Robert Irwin (who did the Vice cover). His agents are Rage (body), Parts (commercial), and Cunningham (fashion). When it is pointed out to him one night that loose strands of elastic are dangling from his jock strap (he wears a child's size for a snug fit), he asks for matches and burns off the big offender, saying of the little ones, however, "I'll leave those for a complete jockstrap overhaul tomorrow." Visit his website www.gregorynyc.com.
From The Go-Go Boy Sonnets: Men of the New York Club Scene
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