My friend 'Has Gone to New York'

A dear friend of mine in Seattle once told me that in the 80's a lot of his gay friends were dying around him from AIDS. Although these men died, their memories didn't disappear. They just became inaccessible. He said it was like they had moved to New York. It wasn't until I lost people close to me: my mother, mother-in-law, friends, that I understood how he felt.