The night was quiet now.. Nothing but the wind whipping up the ash of Elmo, his bottles lay rolling around, blackened, and soot laden. The moon shown down on another sorrowful soul that night, Big Bird...
He walked down the cold wet pavement towards Main street, the cool September wind wrapping around his neck. He wore a large, dark green trench coat, and white converse all-stars. His starched khakis didn't match the dirty and depressed soul that it armored. He looked up at the moon and winked at it, laughing to himself, he pulled out a rubber piece of tubing and walked around the corner. Unbuckling his coat, feathers bursting out, Big Bird got out his needle kit. He pulled his feathers up, and putting a turnicut on his chicken skin. This had become a common ritual. It was almost like reliving his glory days, the feeling, how exquisite it felt. As he pushed the needle into his pulsating vein a grin creeped between his teeth...