“Edgar Gomez’s ‘Alligator Tears’ Unveils the Heart-Wrenching Secrets Behind Laughter and Loss”
I won’t speak for all queer men. Some, I know, are blessed with welcoming mothers. Many of us dread that Heisenberg moment when two distinct futures exist simultaneously. If I come out, when I come out, will the mother I loved, will the mother who loved me, will she remain constant in that love, or will it all end? Will she no longer be mine? Will I no longer be hers?
Edgar doesn’t give up or back away from his mother. As Alligator Tears continues on its tender way, the author describes everything he does to help his mother. Her work as a barista at a Florida airport has wreaked havoc on her health, and Edgar not only sends love and support from his time in Florida, California, and New York as he describes the path to publication for High-Risk Homosexual, he also charts his intimacy journey, tempting the reader to consider how the fear that precedes coming out lives on within our hearts.
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