by Ron Barbagallo

That Dude Waiting by the Men's Bathroom

I once stumbled upon a photographic gallery in LA’s Chinatown where the gallerist was showing a collection of 60s Stonewall riot photos. He was telling me that “Everyone in LA has their being taken advantage of story,” and told me his. He told me this with a good amount of ‘glee’ as if he enjoyed being talked up, used and discarded, and thought others should too.

Like being fucked over was some Hollywood rite of passage in some sick Silence of the Lambs sort of way, so let’s everyone get violated.

Then I thought for sure that this Skywalker had landed in Mos Eisley, or some other place where ‘down is up’ and the moral compass was set selfishly to search and destroy.