[Ezekiel]

Bakersfield, CA

I came here looking for something
I couldn't find anywhere else... ♪

[Bookshelf]

I lived in Alexandria, Egypt, which was a polyglot entrepot and one of the most interesting cities on earth (read L. Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet). Then Nasser, who could foul up a free lunch, decided to Arabize the city and cause a war with Israel. It has never been the same since.

[military cop]

Hey, you don’t know me, but you don’t like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

RLTW