How Do I Feel About AIDS And All Its Implications?

Sometimes I wonder.

In the middle of the night, when I can't sleep, and my brain won't shut
off....when my quilt is to heavy and even the sheets feel like lead...
When my nightshirt is dank with sweat, and my armpits are pools of salted
water....when all these people swirl in my mind.
Daliesque figures of pity

and fear
and hope
and kindness
and death
and tears
and hate
and love
and confusion
and sorrow
and anger....
and which one is me?

And then, I realize they are all me,
because, I am no better than anyone else,
and maybe I am better than some
and worse than others. I am no saint,
and I am not even much of a sinner.

So how do I feel about AIDS and all its implications?

I don't know
I just know, that no one should die alone.

Mindy Newell, Comic book creator, Marvel Comics, The Incredible Hulk #420 Special AIDS Edition, August 1994