Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man

Where

When Noah is away: Home.

When Noah is home: Mark’s or Julio’s or any satellite thereof. Hotels.

If between home and elsewhere: Back of cabs; bathroom in the lobby of One Fifth; stairwell landing between fifth and sixth floors of One Fifth; video booth at porn store on 14th between Sixth and Seventh and the one at 44th and Eighth, near Orso; bathroom at L’acajou; bathroom at LensCrafters on Fifth Avenue; bathroom at McDonald’s on Seventh below 14th Street; desk at my office; bathroom at my office; stairwell of office building; in Central Park behind trees and in bathroom stall by Delacorte Theatre; Westside Highway under shrubs; in basements of buildings under construction, behind Dumpsters, in Dumpsters, anywhere.

In London: Charlotte Street Hotel, back of hired cars (not black cabs), behind hedges at the top of Highbury Fields.

In Paris: On bench in the Place des Vosges, on bed in brothel; in back of a cab driven by guy who gives you a free bag of hash; in stairwell of apartment building; café bathrooms.

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In transit, let stem cool before shoving it in pocket or it will burn through your pants.