El Rey

David Soto Jr.
6 min readJul 26, 2018

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He stood inches from the mirror looking at his nose. It wasn’t big or anything, but it was long, like his grandfather’s — a puro Indio nose. He squeezed a blackhead and then moved his attention to his eyes. Are those bags under my eyes? He thought. He was still fairly wrinkle free — no crows feet or anything. But there was something going on around his eyes.

When did I get so old, he wondered. I used to look young. People used to be surprised when

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David Soto Jr.

David is a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant who didn’t realize until reaching his forties that he was a writer. Books available at https://amzn.to/2Ye0yWd