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  • Let loose the fowls of war - Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

    by 
    David Hinkle
    David Hinkle
    10.01.2011

    Dear fellow fowl, As you know, I have long served at the pleasure of our leader, Putzki, after he subjugated all of the species under the rule of the penguin. I have engaged in black ops missions, earning prestige as I rose in favor in his penguin army following each successful mission. My life has been content -- up until now. Yesterday, while on a mission abroad, I encountered a young chicken who reminded me of myself before the war; before those troops snatched me up so many years ago and strapped me to a jetpack in the name of duty. My mind raced, taking me back to my youth, questioning everything I had done up until now. Slowly, the rage inside me grew, made tangible by an audible pulse quickening as I realized what I had been doing in the name of Putzki. The soundtrack of my life was suddenly more somber than the patriotic score I recalled. And I was pissed. %Gallery-133996%