Here is an episode from a satirical future fiction I’ve been writing.
BATTLE OF THE TITANS – Washington!
ME, ME, ME! The curtains open. Orange Godzilla approaches through the mist. It shoves over buildings and crushes cars. People flee in panic!
“IT’S ALL ABOUT ME! ME, ME, ME!” It shakes its comb-over in a terrifying manner and crushes people.
Orange Godzilla knocks over the Washington Monument with its tail as it walks down 15th Street towards the Washington Treasury building.
“Me, me, me, me!” Orange Godzilla pauses, not liking the higher pitch of its voice. It clears its throat and scans the audience to make sure no one is laughing.
A simian scream penetrates the air. “SHREIKKKKK!” Through the mist, we can see Musky King Kong on the top of dome of the Whitehouse! He salutes himself, Nazi style. “Not yours, loser! It’s mine! ALL MINE, MINE, MINE!” More Nazi salutes!
“ME, ME, ME!” In a deeper voice. It points its little fingers at its comb-over for emphasis.
“ME, ME, ME!”
“MINE, MINE, MINE!”
“ME, ME, ME!”
“SHREIKKKKK! MINNNNNNNE! SEIG HEIL, SEIG HEIL, SEIG HEIL!”
Orange Godzilla snaps its mouth at Musky King Kong as King Kong stabs at Godzilla with the pinnacle snapped from the top of the Whitehouse.
Orange Godzilla destroys the Whitehouse with one swipe of its massive tail. Dust mixes with the mist. There is a moment of silence.
Out of the mist, “BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!” Musky King Kong appears. He holds in one hand the Lincoln memorial statue and tries to bash Orange Godzilla on the head with it. Orange Godzilla knocks Musky King Kong over with his massive tail. Orange Godzilla rips off Musky King Kong’s legs and stomps on the remains. There is much screaming.
“Nah, nah nah-naH! Hey, hey, hey…” Orange Godzilla begins to dance a slow victory dance not noticing that…
….the Creature from the Bannon Lagoon has just emerged from the pond surrounding the fountain.
Drool falls from the Creature’s mouth as it sneaks up. Oblivious, Orange Godzilla sways in a narcistic trance.
With one swipe of its spiked claw, it strikes Orange Godzilla’s head off.
“SISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!” The Creature from the Bannon Lagoon slithers around the kill site and spits poison in a threatening manner at the audience. “SISSSSSSSSSS!”
But Musky King Kong isn’t quite dead. It slowly drags its legless body behind the Creature and brains it with the statue from the Lincoln Memorial before collapsing.
The curtains close. A page goes to the front of the puppet stage. They hold up a sign that says, “Everybody died!”
CNN: Breaking news! The American President for Life has banned puppet shows! Here is what he said this morning, “They are rapists and murderers. They’ll eat your family pets. They’ll turn your children trans! Turn in any and all suspected puppeteers!”
From “The Department of Culture and Tourism”, L. Leon