Based on Russia 2021
Manizha — Russian Woman
Two chickens digging a tunnel as quietly as they can
Wait… Ah, Ah, Ahhhh… !
One tries to stop the other sneezing
Close call!
They carry on digging
Following my poorly laid out plan
Corrugated walls were stacked up high
Captured birds were poisoned instantly
Hapless heads on poles ensuring our compliance
Chickens clench in fear
You’re better just not looking, fear will win!
Chickens clench in fear
I’ve got another plan! Let’s go, who’s in?
This one involves rocks, heaving rubble out
Lots and lots of lovely dynamite, blasting underground
Jotting, dotting, plotting corridors
Excavate our lives, then we will be free!
Sighs as she looks around
Just you, Beth?
Surely there’s more?
“Clown! Clown!”
“Jenga!”
“Baba!”
“High! Low!”
Caving underneath was very slow
“Sad! Eyes!”
The two of us were aching from the toil
“Colour!”
Daily we got nearer to our goal
“Bees! Bees!”
Eventually we’d get to go AWOL!
“Two-Step!”
Stocked up on some howitzers
Old, but half the price
Just on the small off-chance
All our plans go south
Our failure last visit
“M.O!” just don’t listen
They’re really quite silly
No word of a fib
Yet I DID all I could and
I DID think of others!
Don’t go slagging me off, I’m at odds with my conscience!
You don’t think I thought this? I’m tortured!
(I’m fine now)
I’m choosing some karma
I’ve planned this some time now
We’re mining this space
A Shawshank Redemption!
It appears I’m repeating, but this time we will escape this venue. I will not be charred
Chicken Vindaloo
Underground
Four miles down
Set of hen-made corridors
Final check success
Safety tests done
Large space to go
There’s hope for my family
Let’s go round them up!
“House! House!”
“New! Land!”
That one there, it had to take my 12!
They slide down a steep bit of tunnel
Weeeeeeee
Staying where we were was a firm no!
“Mongol!”
Our fallen paid the price more than we know!
“Dobri!”
Maybe there’s some light? End of tunnel?
“Wall! Talk!”
How long, Beth, did you say it would go on?
“Surprise”
(this is apparently a picture of me. I’m middle aged)
Hey wait a moment… (oh no…)
“Malice!”
Seen that before, girl…
she looks suspiciously at Beth
“Flirts Back!”
You double-crossed!
“Shoes Washed!”
We’ve circled back!
“Scenes!”
(me hugging the old man as tightly as I can)
Dumb bitch, you snake!
“Spit On Children!”
What did they pay?
“Love Is A Bus!”
Beth: “My Family Safe!”
“Ma Dove Cazzo”
Take her away!
“The Ebstein Files!”
Wrong Outside (wails)
Still Inside
Right back where we started from
That’s our coop right there!
So, whats to come? (wails)
More deaths by gun?
A door opens suddenly
Guess we’ll find out now… Aggghhhh!
Chickens enter the door, fall into a cavern beyond one by one, bright with light to an unknown future..
“Aghh” “Aghh”
“Yeee…?” “Yeee…?”
Camera pans away showing a tunnel entry and a tunnel exit hole next to each other.
“Whaa…?” “Whaa…?”
Chickens can be heard gasping in delight…