
The Kingdom of The Bird Bath
The address was 2442 Hill Street, Huntington Park. But to me, it was just the white house with the red trim. The fortress. It sat there, solid and respectable, with
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The address was 2442 Hill Street, Huntington Park. But to me, it was just the white house with the red trim. The fortress. It sat there, solid and respectable, with

It’s a unique scenario, even for me. I’m forty-seven days from wheels up, and I’ve found a woman who only speaks Spanish and plays a game I haven’t seen since

I just got back from Phoenix, and my head is still ringing from the impact. I found this beautiful little Mexican woman—light-skinned, eyes like a fever dream—and we are currently

I’m sitting here, fifty-seven years of mileage on the odometer, packing a bag for a country I’ve never seen, and I’m thinking about a movie. Most movies are bullshit. They’re

First, I had to fire the staff. Black Pearl—or “Michigan,” as we called her in the office—had become a high-maintenance liability. It wasn’t just the sex; it was the goddamn

That Toby Keith song? It used to be a funny anthem I’d sing when I was drunk. “I ain’t as good as I once was, but I’m as good once

She used to stretch out in my bed like she held the deed to the mattress. Three times a day, minimum. It was a deranged cardio program that only two

You want to know why it turns my stomach to watch a woman recycle her soul every 6 to 12 months. I have this friend, Lara. A serial offender. She

I have a saying, carved into the granite of my own goddamn experience: If you don’t drink, I don’t trust you. I’ve walked out on dates. I’ve walked out on

When I said I was going to divorce my mother at 13, I divorced my mother. When I said I was joining the Navy, I didn’t ask permission; I signed

I’ll admit it. I have a problem. I don’t blow up often. I don’t run around screaming like a lunatic. I’m a generally good dude. But I have a Code.

I come from a marriage where I was a utility, not a priority. I was the generator, the ATM, the problem-solver. But I wasn’t the point. And looking back, past