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“Lessons I’d Trade a Wish For.”
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? If I had three magic wishes, they wouldn’t be about money, fame, or power. They’d be about time, understanding, and heart. Wish One: I’d spend one more full day with my grandmother Consuelo — just me and her. When I was nine, we watched… Continue reading
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“The Boy at KFC”
What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to? Last night, I talked to my brother about his life growing up in Tijuana — sleeping on a concrete floor with just a pillow and a blanket. Selling clothes and shoes on the street. Getting robbed. Tires slashed. Bullied in school.… Continue reading
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The Guardian Code: Breaking the Loop, Building the Light
by Roberto Sánchez Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi I just felt like writing, so I did. From the side of my van – side doors open. Surrounded by boxes, deliveries, and noise. I wrote anyway. My van is sometimes my studio. I was driving through L.A. today, the city doing what it does best —… Continue reading
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“I Don’t Go to Ask Anymore”
What’s something most people don’t know about you? Most people don’t know that I’ve started going to church once or twice a week. Not for a sermon or a mass — more like a quiet reset. I used to go to ask for things. But somewhere along the way, it changed. It became a place… Continue reading
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“The Panic Was the Proof.”
When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)? The first time I felt like a grown-up was when I got sent to collections for unpaid parking tickets. I was 21, parking in front of the house like it was free real estate. There was street cleaning twice a week… Continue reading
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“While It Rains in L.A.”
Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi It’s been raining all day. I’ve got a bucket out to catch the leaks — little echoes of the storm, steady and calm. Yesterday, my brother and I watched F1 for the first time together. He’d seen it before, but this time something hit different. There’s that scene — the… Continue reading
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“Shit was not good today — shit happens sometimes.”
Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Tuesday, August 5, 2025 – 6:47 p.m. Today, I woke up positively, like I’ve been doing lately. A little tired, since I’ve been having a hard time sleeping at night. Don’t know why. Some might say it’s the past on my mind. Or maybe I’m overthinking the… Continue reading
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“Two Brothers, Hollywood Night”
Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Monday, October 6, 2025 – 2:51 p.m. Last night, a bit past ten o’clock, my younger brother Victor asked me to drive. He wanted to see Hollywood at night. Hollywood streets were half closed under construction — flashing cones, neon bleeding against cracked sidewalks. I drove while he sat… Continue reading
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“Listening”
Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓Tuesday, September 23, 2025 — 11:36 a.m. Listening. Listening to Under Pressure by Queen — the line “la, la Saturday night.” Always hits me in a strange felicity way. The other night I was talking to my mom about how impressive Charlie Kirk is—how he started his whole thing 12… Continue reading
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First Kiss Remembered
Written and illustrated by Roberto Sánchez Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi From my memoir-in-progress, “I Am He” The bathroom light was too white — the kind that stings your eyes. My father’s favorite color. His mistress. To me, white has always felt like emptiness. I stood in that glare, facing a trifold… Continue reading