Steve Castro| Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Steve Castro

He was wearing the state of Texas around his neck. “What part of Tejas are you from?” I asked. I’m from Hawai’i, he answered. As the awkward silence ensued, he asked, You must love Bucharest? I was wearing the city of Bucharest on both wrists. “I’ve never been to Romania,” I confessed. “I live in Indiana,” I said, sticking my tongue out and showing him an Indiana Hoosier’s logo tattoo. He then flipped over his left eyelid, and showed me an H. He then flipped over his right eyelid, and showed me an I. “Guess which Central American city I have in my coat pocket?” I asked. In response, he took off his top hat & grinned. There it was, on top of his head Babylon, the ancient capital city of the great Babylonian empire.