Yes, I was in the shit.

What is ( ) local?

Is it a gang?

Does local even exist anymore?

( ) was local. ( ) was native, a unicorn.

But, ( ) live in something like 16 cities, 3 countries.

What is the goal, then, of the label local?

A tribe, that refuses to move?

One tied to just the one place for all of time?

( ) have lost sight of the goal here, refusal to be viewed as a tourist?

Disdain for tourism? Tribe?

The view of local things. Buying local things.

The rest (the others) are ( ) visiting/spectators.

Locals imagine if “the shit goes down”, we/they are in the shit together.

We fight in the wars together.

Resume is a list of them, the local wars.

Battle of the place name here.

Stick it on my car.

Read it.

“Yes, I was in the shit.”

postscript: I thought of something I want, The West Coast. It can still be labeled the West Coast, but everyone needs to understand that I own it. dc