I saw the cutest guy of my generation destroyed by madness, ranting hysterical naked...
Who played a "poor little rich boy" on Silver Spoons (1982-87) on my dream Saturday night, immersed in the buddy-bonding of Bosom Buddies, Jennifer Slept Here, and Mama's Family.
Whose boyfriend, Alfonso Ribeiro, went on to display his muscles and bulge on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Who became a teen idol without taking off his shirt, who made gay boys sigh just with his dreamy eyes and smile
Who graduated to play a young soldier (Too Young The Hero, 1988), a cowboy (Lonesome Dove, 1989), and the juvenile brother of Brad Pitt (Across the Tracks, 1990), all men who knew the manly love of comrades
Who hooked up with Mark Patton the Scream Queen but then threw himself into the closet of wives and sons and locker room homophobia
Who buddy-bonded with Dermont Mulroney in There Goes My Baby (1994), before they were both shipped off to Vietnam, one to die and the other to open a surf shop and cry over his lost love
Who forgot the endless summers of our youth
Seeing, touching, and tasting c ocks and endless balls.
Who crashed into movies and tv shows that no one saw, harsh, gritty, repellant, "make America great again" vehicles.
Who played a detective on NYPD Blue (1998-2001), with a woman's body below his gyrating backside
A nurse named Flower on Scrubs (2002-3) , who was queer coded but in love with Elliot
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