The Compound: A Dream, with Illustrations

I have always wanted a compound. Like the "Kennedy compound." If the Kennedy's can have a compound, why can't I have one too?

It would be nice to have a house somewhere in the woods, but it would have to be near a body of water. I like the woods. I like water. Especially when the water comes in bodies.

But I like the beach as well. A compound on the beach would be nice. With a view of the water. A body of water. A large body of water.

My compound would need a name. I can't call it the Kennedy Compound. That's already taken. And my name is not Kennedy. So it wouldn't make any sense to call it the Kennedy Compound. Maybe I'll just call it Area 13. Area 51 has been done. That's so 20th century. Area 13 sounds cool. People think 13 is an unlucky number. But you're not unlucky if you have your own compound. Although, I guess, the Kennedy's can be unlucky at times.

A compound needs buildings. We need buildings to live in, and sleep in, drink and eat and do nothing in.

But I'm not handy. I don't know how to build a building.

Maybe I could find something already built.

This looks nice. It's already built. It's got a modern look. Modern, if it were 1960. It's retro chic, let's say. And it's got a tower.

The tower has stairs for me to climb. And it's got an antenna. It will get signals from, well, you know from where. From there. They are out there. And they are communicating with me.

I will grant you, the place is a bit of a fixer-upper. I said I'm not handy. But I could learn.

When I live on the compound with my fellow compounders, with my Family (come to me my babies), I will need to let the paparazzi know they are not welcome. No paparazzi, nor Feds (G-Men if you will), nor gawkers or stalkers. But I will welcome the Census takers. I want to be counted. Everyone else will be have to stay away.

A compound, to truly be a compound, must have more than one building.

As I walk the grounds of my compound (I will often use the word "compound" because I like it so much) I will need on occasion to take shelter. From the sun. Or the rain. Or maybe I will just need a place to have a picnic. A picnic shelter on the beach.

I would like my compound to have a lot of bathrooms. Any compound worth it's salt should have a lot of bathrooms. They will be dispersed to various points on the compound grounds.

In the evenings, when the day is done, we will dine on sushi while sitting on the Upside Down Aquatic Gallows Poles. Then we will swim, but only after we wait an hour.

This Dream Ends Here.