THE CIRCUS WITHIN THE JUNGLE 2O23

THE CIRCUS WITHIN THE JUNGLE

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023

WRITTEN BY: CHAD XZAVIER HARRIS

THE INTRODUCTION:

2:20AM EST - 2:45AM EST

2.7.2023

FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A BIRD NAMED TOMMY.

TOMMY THE BIRD:

MAN I TOLD HIM. THE WARTHOG EDWARD. I TOLD EDWARD. HE WAS ON THE WAY TO THE WATERING HOLE. THE AFRICAN SAVANNA SUN WAS GETTING TO HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN USUAL. SO HE IS WALKING PAST MY BRANCH RIGHT? I TOLD HIM. I TOLD HIM I SAID HEY. HE SAID WHAT'S  UP? I SAID THAT CROCODILE IN THE WATER NAMED ROBERT. EDWARD SAID MAN ROBERT DIED LAST WEEK. I SAID MAN ROBERT IS VERY MUCH STILL ALIVE. ROBERT SPREADS SUCH RUMORS AS IS ALL OF THE TIME. HE JUST GOT TIMMY LIKE THAT LAST WEEK. TIMMY BARELY MADE IT OUT. I SAY I SAW ROBERT WHEN HE CLOCKED IN THE RIVER. EDWARD SAID WHATEVER CAUSE HE WAS DYING FROM THE HEAT. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I EVER SPOKE TO EDWARD.

I TOLD EDWARD ROBERT WAS IN THERE WAITING FOR HIM. ROBERT HAS BEEF WITH ANY PIECE OF BEEF OR STEAK CLUMSY ENOUGH TO STUMBLE INTO HIS WATERING HOLE. SO EDWARD GOES OVER THERE RIGHT. HE TASTES A SIP. EYES FRONT. HE GETS ANOTHER SIP. HE TAKES ONE MORE SIP. HE IS ALL ALONE IN THE WATER. ON YOU  ROBERT WAS IF YOU WERE EDWARD. THEY CALL IT THE PHANTOM SNATCH. THAT'S WHEN IT BIT ME LIKE ROBERT EDWARD. ROBERT WAS IN THE WATER WHEN EDDIE GOT THERE. BUT HE WASNT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WATER. NO NO. MAYBE IN THE BEGINNING. THAT CROCODILIAN WAS IN THE SHALLOW WATERS THE ENTIRE TIME. EDWARDJUST COULD NOT SEE HIM. MURKY WATERS. IT BE LIKE THIS SOMETIMES. EDWARD DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT LIKE THAT. HE WAS JUST STARTING A FAMILY. MAYBE HE WAS DEPRESSED AND JUST GAVE UP ON LIFE FOR A SECOND. HIS BROTHER WILLY BOY HAD JUST GOT ROBBED BY ANOTHER LION. THIS TIME THE LION TOOK EVERYTHING. WILLY BOY ONKY HAD ONE GOOD LEG AFTER THAT FIRST LION GOT HIM GOOD. WILLY BOY GOT CAUGHT IN HIS HOME. UNDERGROUND. HOW YOU GET CAUGHT BY A LION IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER? HOW YOU PANIC IN A PANIC ROOM? THE LION HAD THE CODE. I SAW ONE DO IT BEFORE. A LONG TIME AGO. I SAW IT ONCE. DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SOMETHING SO STRANGE AND OCKY WAS EVEN HUMANELY POSSIBLE. THE LION STOOD OVER THE CAVE AND JUST STARTED DIGGING. FIRST I'M THINKING TO MYSELF WHY IS THIS MAN PLAYING IN THE DIRT.  HE MUST HAVE BEEN SUICIDAL I THOUGHT.  THIS CLOWN IS BURYING HIMSELF. HE IS ABOUT TO DROWN IN COMPLETE DIRT. SO DIGS FOR ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES. NOW HOW YOU DON'T HEAR A CARNY BREAKING IN YOUR HOUSE WITG SHOVELS FROM ABOVE. PHYSICS AND GRAVITY DICTATE LIGHT SPECKS WERE SIGN ONE OF INTRUSION.  DUDE YOU'RE LIVING IN COMPLETE DARKNESS. THE DARK IS YOUR COVER. SOON AS I SEE LIGHT FROM UNDERGROUND I'M IN THE TUNNEL. WHAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A TUNNEL I THOUGHT. NEXT THING YOU KNOW THE WART IS IN THE AIR FIGHTING FOR HIS PRECIOUS LIFE. HE GETS FREE AND STARTS RUNNING. I YELL OUT TO HIM. HEY THERE IS A LION RIGHT BEHIND YOU DON'T LOOK BACK FORREST. RUN TOWARDS THE FORREST FORREST. ALL I HEARD AS HE DISAPPEARED INTO THS FOREST WAS NO GUMP. I HAD NEVER SEEN A WARTHOG RUN SO FAST IN MY LIFE. IF EDWARD RAN THAT FAST HE MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE AGAIN.