by Marcus Jonathan Chapman
“Check it out, dude. I found this fuckin’ sweet ass feather over here in this cave.”
“Why are you talking like that?”
“Like what?”
“Sweet ass feather?”
“It is a sweet ass feather.”
“Yeah, but in meetings your vocabulary is quite different. Your explaining the demographics and opportunities within the European market. Now your saying stuff like ‘fuckin’ sweet as feather.'”
“I’m not at work. Look forget that bullshit, man. That’s just the 9-to-5, you know?”
“Yeah, I know, it’s just weird is all.”
“Anyway, I was venturing out into the wilds of Canada one day and happened upon the opportunity for a spelunking adventure. So I told myself, Martin, you deserve a break from the rat race, treat yourself to exploration.”
“What is happening, now your talking like the beginning of a novel from the 1920’s. You’re all over the place.”
“You’re missing the forest for the trees, my dude–“
“–My dude.”
“Just listen. I took out my cellular phone–“
“–Cellular?”
“I TOOK OUT MY CELLULAR PHONE and turned on the flash light. The first few feet into the cave I noticed a sharp turn to the right, it was hella dark.”
“Okay, you’ve never said hella in your life…”
“It was hecka dark in there, but like I mentioned earlier, I had turned on my flashlight. So I ventured to the right, following the natural slope downwards and twist of the rock.”
“Okay.”
“Nothing special, just rocks, dirt and a few mice bones. Then I heard it, some sound. At first I thought it was wind but as I walked forward, I realized it was singing–oh hold on, I’m getting a call. Hello? Yes, um, well I already have a phone plan but what’s your offer?”
“Dude.”
“Hold on. Well, I have a pretty good plan now and I don’t want to deal with the hassle of switching over, thank you for calling and have a lovely day. Okay man, where was I?”
“You heard singing.”
“Right. It was singing but it was the combination of a chortling bird and an opera singer. Like Andrea Bocelli Gargling mouthwash or Placido Domingo trying to belt out ‘O sole mio while being water boarded. It was bizarre.”
“Yeah.”
“So I kept going down and saw some light at the end. Then I saw them. These giant birds, about as big as a bulldog standing on it’s hind legs, like crows but with the heads of humans. Like those 16th/17th century paintings of strange birds with human heads, just like that.”
“No way.”
“They were hopping around, like birds do when they’re excited in a cage, just doing that chortling/singing thing.”
“What did their heads look like?”
“They all looked exactly like Dolph Lundgren, you know boxers nose, block chin, and blond feathers.”
“Good thing you had your phone out.”
“Yes, it is, because with the light of the flashlight I was able to pick up one of the feathers that had fallen.”
“You didn’t take a picture?”
“Well, I was grabbing the feather, see?”
“It just looks like a feather. That could be from any bird.”
“Well, even so, how many times to come across a fuckin’ sweet ass feather?”
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