A California license plate reads “PAPALEO” in gold capital letters on a black background. The vehicle was a newish, very large, very American black pickup truck, slightly spotted with the dead bugs that accrue from driving in the Central Valley in warm weather. (The license plate holder is from Santa Barbara, a city founded by Catholic missionaries, for that extra Catholic pizzazz.)
Thurs we got a new pope, an American. Friday AM, I was out and about, and came out to parking lot to find this license plate on the truck next to me. It has taken me two days to be able to post about it because honestly it’s like Freud’s theory of the Uncanny. #habemuspapam #popeleo #spooky