In 86 I hitched into NYC and as soon as I got out of the car, a dreadlocked hippie on the sidewalk saw me and asked, "Did you know Shelly was here?" Her and I were rainbow famous by then, the kind of lovers who ate each other up. Well, Central Park was right there and as soon as the sun set, we were on a hill, naked between the rocks. Nobody saw us there but after we did it on the beach in Alabama, I noticed a photographer several dunes away pointing his zoom lens at us. I never did tell Shelly about that one, she was still quite flushed, and then the photographer was gone. Yeah, I can think of other beach sex. The New Jersey shore, Florida, Santa Cruz... A boat dock in Lake View, Iowa... A library reading room in Tuscon too...
This one was the best of all though: There was a gathering in the woods up in Tennessee and I was the first one on site. I'd brought a barrel and as soon as I had an oven built, women started showing up, only women. I've thought since then that the barrel was a womb and like attracts like. Anyway, it wasn't all sexy or anything, not until Jenison got there. And where I'd thought that the thing with Shelly was the epitome of dynamic sexual attraction, an even more electric force was about to spark. It was more like lightning actually, there were that many volts and we wrestled. I think it started just because we were admiring how strong we each were but soon it was a no holds barred, serious match. All the other women were watching. The mothers. The grandmothers. As we tore up the ground, our clothes fell away and although we never stopped the battle, pretty soon we were doing it. I wish I could have watched this. We wrestled all around, interlocked and naked in the dirt. As warriors, we were equally matched. Of course we've all seen fights and this was a fight but there was no anger and nothing to fight about. It was pure joy and we were lightning bolts. (later that year I was actually struck by lightning and it's an apt metaphor)
Anyway, I never intended for any of this to happen in public but for me, sex happened. Good memories...