No Satisfaction
Publisher Description
No Satisfaction
"I can't get no satisfaction."
— (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
On a warm summer night, Edgar can't get any either.
No Satisfaction is a dark, unsettling poem about longing, jealousy, and the ache of desire that refuses to be soothed. Edgar—aging, isolated, and hungry for connection—picks up a young man at a bar, hoping closeness will quiet the unrest inside him.
It doesn't.
What follows is not a poem about sex, but about what comes after: envy of youth, the fantasy of possession, and the quiet malice that can grow out of loneliness. Edgar's yearning slides between tenderness and threat, exposing the raw nerve beneath desire in a world shaped by quick encounters and disposable intimacy.
Quirky, strange, and emotionally sharp, No Satisfaction speaks to a deep sense of aloneness many gay men recognize in today's app-driven culture—where connection is easy, but fulfillment is not.
This edition also includes the epistle We Are Here, a counterpoint that celebrates what is strange, resilient, and quietly beautiful about queer lives—holding space for both ache and affirmation.
Free. Brief. Uncomfortable in the right ways.
