Genevieve; Spring Rushes Forth by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview
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Chapter 16
HIGH FIVES
Perhaps as a result of having been temporarily assigned to and stationed in one of those Remote Goodreads Evil-Bad-Stupid-Trumpy-Scares-Me-So worry wart, masquerading as herpes threads, I wound up wiki-ing nuclear and some of its tangents, and found, among many other facts that the US has accidentally dropped nuclear devices on itself five times. The dates of these events were unfortunately not specified, but one would seem reasonable to assume that they had to have taken place sometime after 1945
through today. I have been a living entity, insofar as that may be defined, for the entirety of this period; and frankly I have not noticed a damn thing. Apparently one of the cock-pit transcripts was made public, wiki copied it, and I returned the favor below. This engaging conversation is posted here with the intention of raising hopeful spirits in our worried, remote friends. Indeed, together we shall survive!
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"Whoops. Ooooh boy. I should have told you not to touch that button."
"Yeah, you really should have."
"Sorry, I've had a lot on my mind lately. The wife’s been bringin’ up that ....... Whooo, would you look at that thing
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go?” Let me get some more altitude here."
"Can't you do something?"
“I’m getting’ it up.”
“No. I mean about the bomb, idiot.”
"Well, first of all, I think we would do well to remain civil.
You know, those techies haven’t been able to make any that work like a yo-yo yet. So, you got whatcha got; sort of like no-draw poker. Anyway, yeah, my wife, you know, she's been
.............. "
"We're gonna get in a whole lot of trouble for this."
"Well, it’s not my fingerprints that are on the button."
"Oh, really. So it's like that, huh?"
"That was a little joke. Let me just double check something.
........... Got a break. We're somewhere over Jersey now, and the boss can say it was part of some urban renewal project or something. ............... Whooo, boy. Look at mushroom spread out."
"Amazing how it doesn't make that much noise."
"Damn. Excuse me. I've gotta take this one."
Click.
“Hiya from polluted space.”
“ ............................ “
"Yeah, yeah. I see it. It would be hard to miss the fucker. I don't know."
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“ ............................ “
"Well, that strikes me as being just a tad judgmental. That’s not necessarily the case."
“ ............................... “
“Well, no I don't have one in my possession right at this very moment. But, I’m getting there and the guys at packing may have forgotten to load it again."
“ .................................. “
"Yeah, helluva sight. You oughta be right here to see it. Can't possibly be as good on film."
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"Yeah, right. No problemo, chief.”
“ ............... “
“Yes, yes, all right. I said okay. Jeez.”
Click.
“Chief’s all right, but sometimes he can get so old school.
Damn. Gotta make another call.”
Click.
“Yeah listen, Beverly. I need to call in a report. We sighted a Russian plane about ten minutes ago."
“ ...................................... “
"Well, I was talking to the boss, and he started chronicling the entire litany of his troubles and the whole enchilada again. You
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know how that goes. I didn't want to be rude."
“ ....................................... “
“That’s easy for you to say from down there.”
“ .................... “
“Yeah, luv ya too babe. Been way too long.”
Eye roll.
“ ........................ “
“Thanks. Great how you can change the time on those things.”
“ ......................... “
"No, no. The Russkie is totally out of sight now. Those suckers can really move when they feel like it."
“ ........................ “
"Okay, bringin’ it right in."
Click.
"What?"
"Paperwork. We gotta fill out some forms. Let’s just get our story straight first. We saw this Russian plane and then soon after we saw the mushroom. Beyond that we don't know nuthin’
else. Nuthin’. It'll be OK."
"Cool. ................ hey, got any idea what town got hit?"
"Ummn. Let me take a look. Thing says Atlantic City."
"Super cool. My know-it-all-brother-in-law used to live there.
Hahahaha."
"Hahahahahahaha."
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“Think we oughta get ourselves a mouthpiece?”
“Yeah, good idea. Cost is covered under the standard contract.
Rather than one, maybe we should get two; one for each of us.
You never know what future stuff might pop up.”
*HIGH FIVES *
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