Men. Ah yes, the eternal mystery wrapped in bravado, sprinkled with testosterone and dunked in cologne.
Let’s stop pretending, shall we?
Men want four things—and they all start with capital letters: Money. Power. Fame. Sex.
That’s it. That’s the whole motivational speech.
Harvard or halfway house, bishop or butcher, it doesn’t matter.
They want those four.
And if they can’t get them the usual way, they’ll try every unusual way—right down to changing gender, swapping passports, faking identities, or quoting Shakespeare in Sicilian accents.
Now, let me tell you a story.
A gang story, of course.
Today you’re lucky—El Capo del Tutti Cappi made an appearance!
So, I was riding the bus. Minding my own existential questions.
And there he was—again. Sat too close.
Like cologne in an elevator, there was no escape.
I looked up, already laughing:
“Are you Italian?” I asked.
I was this close to asking if he was Sicilian, but I like having my kneecaps intact.
The man looked straight out of a 1980s mafia flick.
Too tan for this winter, too mysterious for a pizza delivery guy.
My brain screamed, Spy! Or maybe FBI! Maybe even CIA wearing Gucci knockoffs.
He spoke like an old-school Don who got lost on the way to his cartel meeting and accidentally ended up on the bus.
We started talking about “the good old times”—you know, back when men chased women instead of bitcoins.
“You know,” he croaked, “back then, a good woman had a price in dollars…”
I laughed so hard I nearly tipped over.
“Do I look like a Madam to you?”
Maybe …
But he kept talking.
“In the communist days,” he whispered like a shady history professor, “you could get a chick for two dollars.”
Two dollars?! I thought.
Was that a date or a development program? LOL
This man, I swear—wasn’t just anyone.
He was definitely undercover. DEA, Interpol, human trafficking division, or some dusty relic from Cold War operations.
He had “cop” written all over him in invisible ink.
From the other side of the bus, Omar Sharif—yes, the reincarnated ghost of him, probably also CIA—watched us closely, sunglasses down, judging everyone.
Especially the young vamp in the corner reapplying lip gloss like she was born in a perfume ad.
She was too polished. Too perfect.
Undercover rookie. First day on the job. Probably still thought “wire” meant jewelry.
She watched me like I was running the whole circus.
Maybe I am.
And there I was—center stage. Playing the accidental Madame to a washed-up capo, a rookie vamp agent, and ghost Omar Sharif. What a crew.
I live in a crazy world.
A world where cops are dirtier than the criminals.
Where every third guy on the bus thinks he’s Don Corleone, and every second girl thinks she’s in a Bond movie.
And me?
I just laugh.
Because once upon a time, life was simple.
Men were men.
Women were women.
Cops were cops.
And whores were—well, professional.
Now?
Everyone’s undercover.
Even I don’t know what role I’m playing anymore!
So here’s to Felicia—whoever she was then!
Moral of the story?
Never trust a man with a tan in June and stories priced for two dollars.
And always, always keep laughing.
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