▁he ▁knows , ▁and ▁describes ▁what ▁it ' s ▁like ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁Chicago ▁Winter ▁as ▁he ▁sli ps ▁and ▁sl ides ▁towards ▁his ▁ 3 9 th ▁birth day ▁and ▁coming ▁out . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁Dam ski ' s ▁" Com ing ▁Out ▁Tr il ogy " ▁about ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁Chicago ▁scene . My ▁Blue ▁Mon k : ▁Po ems ▁from ▁Blood ▁and ▁Sug ar ▁edited ▁by ▁John ▁V ore ▁from ▁po ems ▁by ▁Dam ski ▁during ▁ 1 9 7 7 - 1 9 7 8 . ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁book ▁in ▁the ▁" Com ing ▁Out ▁Tr il ogy " ▁Dam ski ▁falls ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁would ▁be ▁his ▁lif el ong ▁muse . ▁The ▁po ems ▁act ▁as ▁an ▁almost ▁daily ▁di ary ▁of ▁the ▁ups ▁and ▁down s ▁of ▁love — and ▁fig uring ▁out ▁what ▁two ▁people ▁mean ▁to ▁one ▁another . E at ▁My ▁W ords : ▁More ▁Chicago ▁Po ems ▁from ▁the ▁' 7 0 s '' ▁edited ▁by ▁John ▁V ore ▁from ▁a ▁manuscript ▁by ▁Dam ski : ▁the ▁closing ▁volume ▁of ▁the ▁" Com ing ▁Out ▁Tr il ogy " ▁by ▁Dam ski , ▁this ▁large ▁book ▁of ▁po ems ▁takes ▁us ▁to ▁the ▁close ▁of ▁the ▁de cade . ▁In cludes ▁Dam ski ' s ▁poem ▁" The ▁Body ▁Polit ic " ▁written ▁for ▁and ▁performed ▁at ▁Chicago ' s ▁Body ▁Polit ic ▁Theatre ▁on ▁the ▁occasion ▁of ▁Jimmy ▁Carter '