It was the year 2525, and Joe Eawest (rightly) expected he still had approximately one billion years left to wait before he would have any interesting people... real people, not like him... to talk to. He had already taken up many hobbies, and he expected he would take up many more in the countless hectomillenia to come. One of his hobbies was writing comic intermezza playing on the Italian originals, but working with themes, artistic trends (above all absurdism), and events from the centuries that had passed since the glory days of Italian comic opera. His latest work, which he had just begun penning, was called In the Year 2525, and concerned a hilarious altercation between a chipmunk and a leaf. He was counting on Yoshimi and Khamisi to create fitting music... he hoped they’d agree. It seemed to fit their vibe, but you really never knew. They were all so... random. They all were. Joe himself was. He couldn’t fault them.
The first lines of the libretto read:
Chipmunk: I... CAN’T... STOP... THINKING!
Leaf: That doesn’t mean you have to think so loudly. You’ve been keeping me up all winter!
Punch: I know a solution that will cut your accordions right in the knot!
Punch punches Chipmunk as a 1920’s slapstick sound plays.
Punch then punches Leaf, and a car horn honks.
Marchel Duchamp’s Urinal: Ouch! Stop That!
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