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A Short Story, by...my brother

Bunny Maimer of New York!

Its year 2200 in New York; the buildings reach for the sky, the smog is thick, and the most dangerous criminal is on the loose! The most feared is Bunny Maimer. He reaches heights of 7 feet tall, has a long narrow face, broad shoulders, and is rather bulky, muscular and well built. He clothes himself in a black trench coat, fedora and size 14 black boots. He doesn’t need a weapon; he only has his intense strength which he obtained in a catastrophic fail in a science experiment his mad father was running when Bunny Maimer was only in the 3rd grade.

Rumors raid the streets of Bunny Maimer’s obsession. Tails are told of him having some early tragic childhood experience while others are spread of him just being plain crazy. But no matter what the truth might be, it’s the END if you are caught roaming the streets with a bunny! (dun…Dun…DUN!)

Ever since, well, whatever happened to Bunny Maimer happened, rabbits have been quite scarce and haven’t been seen for a good 15 years now. But as rumors spread like they do in the big cities, Bunny Maimer gets a tip that a lone rabbit has been spotted in New York! He investigates to see where the bunny is, and finds out that it’s being held in protective custody by the armed forces of the city high up in the main building.

Bunny Maimer realizes he can’t make this great capture alone so he seeks assistance from his little brother Gary. Gary sports attire that’s the height of fashion for 2200. He wears a loose polo shirt, an iron helmet, glittery spandex pants and high leather boots and has a slouch like a monkey. Gary is a scientist just like the two men’s father was which is why Bunny Maimer thinks their father loved Gary more. The lie Bunny Maimer has been telling himself, that his father loved his younger brother more, is also the reason the brothers haven’t seen each other in a good ten years. Once Gary gets a phone call from his older brother he pounces on the opportunity to help and hopefully be reunited with his older brother.

Gary takes the easiest way to get to his brother, the speedy train. The train docks, to drop off its passengers. Gary faces downwards, closes his eyes and takes a big deep breath right before the doors open. The nasty, sneezed upon, finger smudged doors slide apart and the brothers make eye contact. Gary, sobbing audibly, cries out, overwhelmed with emotion and runs to embrace with open arms his brother so long estranged from him. Bunny Maimer views the reunion only as a business opportunity come his way, and nothing more at all. Gary swims in the warmth of hugging his long lost brother. Bunny Maimer, arms hanging limply at his side, glances around at others passing by in embarrassment. He is completely unmoved by his brother’s fanatical overreaction. “Ok Gary that’s enough.” he mutters with a hint of irritation. “I’m sorry!” Gary gulps. “It’s just been so long!” He yells, spitting on his brothers face by accident. “Ok, well, it’s all good and dandy now. Let’s go get a couple of nice frosty refreshing over-priced Schlitz beers, and chill in my nasty stuffy under –priced apartment till it’s time for the, you know what,” he says, with a wink, glancing over his shoulder apprehensively. “Okey dokey!” Gary replies with the dorkiest wink anyone could possibly imagine, and they head off to Bunny Maimer’s simple domicile, a humble apartment. They step on to a spinning spiral, the current means of teleportation which replaced the outmoded elevator, and Bunny Maimer says, “room 1542 please.” They teleport up to his room to hang loose and drink some beer. While they wait for darkness to settle upon the city, Gary is busy fiddling like a squirrel with a nut, with his new toy. “What in the world is that?” Bunny Maimer asks with a puzzled look on his face. “It’s something I whipped up on the way over here. It’s designed to rip through the outer wall of the computer in the building and disarm the security system!” Gary exclaims with glee and a swig of beer.

Darkness blankets the city of New York like the Loch Ness Monster over her nest in the midst of a foggy morning, and the men exit the building. They face the towering building from about 3 blocks away and observe the security with their futuristic glasses. The guards are well armored and armed with light weight metal plates for protection, and laser cannons to fend off any unruly intruders that they have been waiting and training for. They form a human wall around the building. A bead of sweat falls from Gary’s forehead but Bunny Maimer doesn’t worry about the guards because he knows what he is capable of. They spot the door that will lead to the computer on the North West side of the building and head for it. The patrol leader of the guards shouts out at the two men, “Halt! This is a restricted area! Turn back home and go kiss your ugly manly wife!” Gary looks at Bunny Maimer and spits in his hand with cheeks inflated, failing to hold back his laugh. “How about you go back home to your hideous obese mother!” Bunny Maimer screams out.

The head guard replies in utter shock, ”Well your Mama is so stupid, she sold her car for gas money!”

Bunny Maimer cries out in defense, “Well yo Mama is so fat, the last time she saw a phone number was on the bathroom scale!”

The guard turns back to his squadron saying, “I’ve had enough of this fool! Shoot him!” Then under his breath mutters, “The truth is too painful.”

The mass of guards, perfectly in-sync, grab their guns from their backs and begin to rain a hail of fire upon Bunny Maimer and Gary. Somehow or another, they don’t manage to get a single shot on either of them. Shocked, Bunny Maimer and Gary just stroll to the door throwing a punch here and there to the worthless guards. Gary tries to kick down the door, but fails of course. Blushing, Gary backs off for Bunny Maimer to beat down the door. In one well aimed blow, the door comes heaving down. More worthless guards come from the inside of the building and they also fail in shooting the men for whatever reason. Gary leads the way to the main computer to shut it down so all the frustrating doors and other defenses will be dealt with. A “swooshing” sound tickles their ears as they hear the doors all slide up. They start their mind rotting climb. “Dude I need a candy bar!” Gary shouts right as they make it to the 130th floor as he gazes at the vending machine. “Ok fine, but make it quick!” Bunny Maimer shouts in disgust of his brother. Gary takes a buck from one of the dead guards and gets a Butterfinger. They resume their hike up to the bunny with minimal bathroom stops. Once they reach the very top floor they encounter, what seems to be, the head of all the armed forces. He is a 200lb beast with biceps the size of tires! With a mighty chuckle the beast exclaims, “You fools! The rabbit will remain untouched by your filthy hands!”

Gary walks up ever so casually with his hands held behind his back and simply breaks one of the beer bottles that he previously drank over the over sized man’s head, and he comes down – arising dust as he hits the ground. “Good job Gary.” Bunny Maimer says with a smirk. They spot the bunny in a glass cage. Busting through the thick glass, Bunny Maimer wraps his big meaty fingers around the rabbit’s neck but doesn’t apply pressure because his brother calls out, “Brother! Think about what you’re about to do! Will you wipe out the entire race of rabbits due to a random obsession? I just want my old brother back and us to have good times again! Please just let it go!”

Bunny Maimer looks into the soft eyes of the rabbit and a tear falls from his cheek. “You’re right brother, this is pointless, it must end!” More guards make their way up to the scene and Bunny Maimer and Gary turn themselves in. As Bunny Maimer and Gary are being led to the transport they are about to be hauled into, cheers arise from the crowd that gathered while the men were in the building, and Bunny Maimer looks down at the ground, ashamed. The two brothers do their time in the high-tec prison. They get out after 10 long gruesome years. Once they get out they move to Greenland and start a rabbit farm, to enjoy each other’s company, breeding rabbits, and a couple of nice, chilled, frosty, over-priced Schlitz beers.



My Adventures in Literature

"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become." (C.S. Lewis)

So this semester, I am taking Intro to Literature up at JCCC and LOVING it. So far it has been simply fantastic and I have had so much fun. Of course, my literature book and I have sort of a love hate relationship going on...it just so happens that all 2500 some-odd pages of this specimen of literature add about 5 pounds to my already murderous backpack...but then, I really simply adore its contents, so whats a girl to do? Continue going to Literature class and luxuriate in loosing myself in its pages? Yes. Set up an appointment with a chiropractor after carrying around 30 pounds on my back for a whole semester? Yes, too.
 
Annnyyway I am good at free-association :D Haha. The point of this post was ACTUALLY to share with you a pair of interesting poems we read in class today. The two were written by William Blake in the 1800s as companions for eachother, if you will, and are much more enjoyable if read together and then compared. So with out further ado, I present to you The Tyger and The Lamb:
 

The Lamb

 

Little Lamb, who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

Gave thee life, and bid thee feed,

By the stream and o'er the mead;

Gave thee clothing of delight,

Softest clothing, woolly, bright;

Gave thee such a tender voice,

Making all the vales rejoice?

Little Lamb, who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

 

Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,

He is called by thy name,

For He calls Himself a Lamb.

He is meek, and He is mild;

He became a little child.

I a child, and thou a lamb,

We are called by His name.

Little Lamb, God bless thee!

Little Lamb, God bless thee!

The Tyger

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

In the forests of the night

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies

Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

On what wings dare he aspire?

What the hand dare seize the fire?

And What shoulder, and what art,

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

And when thy heart began to beat,

What dread hand? and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? what dread grasp

Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered heaven with their tears,

Did he smile his work to see?

Did he who made the lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Is the author comparing good and evil? Heaven and hell? Human nature before the fall vs. after the fall of man? Phrases in these poems point to all of these. And now, the fun part, is to explore for yourself and deide:)

Pure Bride

He's coming for a pure bride

He's coming for a pure bride

See Him riding in the skies!

See the fire inside His eyes!

Through the darkness His light will shine

In His glory He's lifted high!

He's coming for a pure bride

He's coming for a pure bride

He's coming for a pure bride

See Him riding in the skies!

See the fire inside His eyes!

Through the darkness His light will shine

In His glory He's lifted high!

He's coming for a pure bride

The Lord is coming for His bride

Make way for the Lord

He's clothing all His children in white!
Make way for the Lord!

Make way for the Lord!

What are you doing when no one is watching?

What are you doing?

Children get your hearts right. God's coming for a pure bride!

Children get your hearts right!

~ Leeland - Pure Bride ~