Saturday, December 27, 2014

Alien Anthropology

Two life forms exited the domicile.  The first is a short, long, brown quadruped with a fifth appendage attached at the back.  The other is a tall, thin, multi-colored biped.  They are tethered together.  The quadruped hauls the biped along using a decorative, narrow tow line.  The quadruped has a protective outer layer of hair.  The biped has hair only on the top and only a small amount of hair, offering little to no protection.  The quadruped uses its nose to guide the direction of travel.  The biped appears to be hauled along, clueless as to direction or destination.  The quadruped offers the biped little to no attention or praise.  The biped on the other hand is constantly offering compliments and telling the quadruped how wonderful it is.  The biped often seems to beg for praise and compliments asking such things as “who’s a good boy?”   The quadruped leads the pair and seems to have no responsibilities except to haul the biped around.  The biped follows and has certain duties.  
When the quadruped expels it processed food products, it is the job of the biped to clean up the waste material, depositing it into a small blue bag.  It then absorbs the blue bag into its multi-colored outer layer. The biped then immediately gives the quadruped more food to consume and again offers praise and worship to the quadruped.  This seems to please the quadruped as its fifth appendage moves back and forth rapidly.   
After this exchange, the pair enter a small wooded area separated by the rest of the out door space by a series of iron bars woven and twisted together.  As they enter, the biped removes his tow line from the quadruped.  The biped then, on cue from the quadruped, takes a small yellow sphere from within his multi-colored outer layer and projects it rapidly over the top of the quadruped.  The quadruped then runs and gets the sphere.  The seemingly pointless routine continues indefinitely.  The biped does not appear to enjoy this routine, but the quadruped looks joyous and content, so the biped must continue.  During this odd event, the biped continues to offer words of admiration to the quadruped.  When the quadruped grows tired of the routine, it signals this to the biped by destroying the sphere with its long sharp teeth.  The biped then places the now slimy, half destroyed sphere into its multi-colored outer layer and reattaches itself to the quadruped.  The quadruped then hauls the biped back in the direction from which they came.

1 comment:

  1. I love it! Very anthropological, yet it still reads like a very creative, poetic piece. Great work!

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