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Nick Jordan
How the air feels to the birds
2009, HD video, 1 min.
words by Dave Eggers
They act
as if they had never heard the question before. The what? they
say. The air? What about it? We smile and rephrase the question:
What does the air feel like to you, you being a bird, able to
fly and all? Finally they seem to understand, and they meditate
on this awhile. And then they begin: the air to us is a brother,
a sister. We are intrigued, and lean in closer. The air, they
continue, now quieter. We lean in yet farther. They peck us
in the eye and laugh wickedly. Birds are bastards, every one
of them.
by Dave Eggers, from: One Hundred and Forty
Five Stories in a Small Box
published by McSweeney's |
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