The Joneser showing his patriotism a few minutes before dipping his toes into the Pacific Ocean for the first time in his life

Jonah Bai with his flag

The Tale of the Two Stripes

The Tale of the Two Stripes
by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969)

Once upon a time there were two parallel stripes, living alongside each other, edge to edge. For the purpose of our story, it doesn’t matter if they were red and white stripes, or black and blue stripes, or even plaid and calico stripes. What matters is that they were different. =continued=

Bull sporting his Independence Day hat

guys on 4th of July