Manhattan Jungle (for 5.19.12)

Jungle Guide Quinn hacks his way through the curtain-like “foliage" in the Apartmentazon jungle.

“And over here, folks, you can see the very poisonously deadly Greenish Snake.” He gestures towards a rolled up tee-shirt meticulously draped across the bed to look snake-like.

“Ohhhh, this is a once in a lifetime experience! Now, be very quiet...” Quinn pounces on his stuffed tiger, and “wrestles” it to the ground.

“Today, I have succeeded in catching a tiger. These animals are the biggest cats in the world, and you can hear their roar from miles away.”

Quinn then lays his head on the tiger.

“I miss daddy, Cornelius.”

{manhattan jungle} (for) 5.19.12

City music- bright yellow taxis, honking cars, impatient pedestrians, fresh breezes, bill boards and advertisements, doors opening and closing, smelly sewers, footsteps footsteps footsteps, bicycles whizzing by, corner musicians, traffic lights, breaks squealing, car fumes, rustling leaves

Jungle music- bugs buzzing, air still, tapping rain, monkeys squealing, snakes slithering, water gurgling, jaguars lounging, fragrant flowers, singing birds, snapping branches, deathly poisons, muddy pawprints, saturated colors, croaking frogs, new air, each animal fulfilling its own survival agenda, muggy humidity,

The city so like a jungle and the jungle so like a city. And they each have music of their own.

5.19.12 Manhattan Jungle

The toucans are screaming their birdsong.  The tigers are growling.

I have a headache.

The monkeys are up there yapping in the trees, sticking their tongues out and making dirty gestures. Disgusting.

Panthers are prowling.  The elephant is pooping.  The anteaters are all sneezing on each other.  Skunks are hissing.

Trash is everywhere.

My kid is pulling at my coat.  Wants to see more monkeys…  Really?

This is opening day.  And for all I care, all these smelly creatures should have stayed on the other side of the world where they belong.

We don’t need more animals in New York.