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The last flock of wild
whooping cranes left in existence.
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Whooping cranes,
in case you didn't know it,
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are noted for their
mating dance.
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Now picture these birds
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doing their sex dance on TV...
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right there
on the home screen...
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creation's most elaborate
sex ritual,
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but clean and pure enough
to suit the Pope...
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with lovely Sissy Hankshaw
in the foreground...
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her white gown,
red hood attached,
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big, feathery sleeves,
trimmed in black.
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And then,
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in a very subdued imitation
of the female whooping crane,
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she dance-walks
over to a large nest
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where there sits...
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a can of Yoni Yum
and a can of Dew!
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Oh my very
goodness gracious!
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Grandiose, lyrical,
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erotic...
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and Girl Scout-oriented.
You can't top it.
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So the Countess
dispatched Sissy out west
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for her first
modeling assignment in years,
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but not before warning her
to keep her distance
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from those nasty
and uppity cowgirls
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who worked
his so-called ranch.
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He also insisted
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that she avoid any contact
with the alleged holy man
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who lived on the ridge
above the Rubber Rose,
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known as "The Chink," though
apparently he was Japanese-American.
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He appeared to be one of those
berry-picking moon-howlers.
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The kind of old kumquat
who might fuck a snake
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and then write
a little poem about it.
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I long to be lifted...