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Art from Above

January 19, 2023 10 Comments

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Breakfast, then airborne. My wings slash into the crisp air, catch a draft, glide me over rows of buildings whose windows glisten in shards of morning sunlight. I scan the street below for a subject.

Blue wool suit, briefcase.

I’m leagues beyond my colleagues—those mindless cretins who randomly splatter windshields, statues, park benches. I’m an artist, an aerial Jackson Pollock, my masterpieces carefully conceived, brilliantly executed.

I dip my wings and plummet, unloading just as I pull out of the dive. The man below curses, takes out a tissue, wipes at the white spot on his suit.

Ars gratia artis.

By Louis Kummerer

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  1. Scott Bogart says

    January 19, 2023 at 8:34 am

    Very nice work. At first I thought this might be a story told from a drone pilot’s POV, but I like this much better.

    Scott

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  2. Patricia Stott-Prince says

    January 19, 2023 at 9:35 am

    just a little wonder as to what it was.. such a happy bird..must have been fun for him..

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  3. Scott Brian Blanke says

    January 19, 2023 at 12:24 pm

    I guessed it early, but still enjoyed.

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  4. Tom Baldwin says

    January 19, 2023 at 6:24 pm

    Loved it!

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  5. K Raghunathan says

    January 19, 2023 at 8:59 pm

    liked the POV!!!

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  6. Julian Grant says

    January 25, 2023 at 8:57 am

    Nice ending. ?

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  7. DougJacquier says

    January 25, 2023 at 12:36 pm

    One creature’s art is another’s … šŸ™‚ Well done.

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  8. DAVID HIGHAM says

    January 26, 2023 at 5:57 am

    What a wonderful story well told. I was once the victim of your protagonist (or maybe his grandfather) two minutes before an important interview.

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  9. Ruth says

    January 26, 2023 at 4:43 pm

    Loved this! Different and well-written!

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  10. Kelly Louisa Balliu says

    January 26, 2023 at 5:59 pm

    Great stuff šŸ™‚ The birds had the last laugh!

    Reply

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