A sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
One – Hi.
Two – Hello.
One – Are you new around here?
Two – Yes. Aren’t you?
One – I am. I’ve been here since yesterday.
Two – Same here.
One – Right, and… do you fuck?
Two – I’m not sure. Isn’t all this a bit rushed? Tomorrow, maybe…
One – Tomorrow we’ll be dead. We’re butterflies. We only live for a day or two. And since we’ve been here since yesterday…
Two – Oh… right… OK…
One – So?
Two – You could at least take me out to lunch first, or… I don’t know… buy me a drink…?
One – I’d like to, but…
Two – But what?
One – We don’t have mouths. Or a digestive system. We’re only here to reproduce, and then we die.
Two – Are you sure?
One – Absolutely.
Two – Right.
One – Yeah, I know… Butterfly love isn’t very romantic, but still…
Two – Yeah…
One – I could do a mating dance for you, if you like.
Two – And then we kiss…?
One – We don’t have mouths, I’m telling you…
Two – OK, forget the mating dance then…
One – Great… No, because I’d worked out a little routine, but I don’t think I’ve quite mastered it yet.
Two – Your place or mine?
One – We’re butterflies, I’m telling you.
Two – All right then, let’s make some little butterflies.
One – Yeah…
Two – What now?
One – They won’t be little butterflies, you know…
Two – What will they be, then?
One – Larvae.
Two – Oh right… You really have to be motivated, don’t you…?
One – It’s to perpetuate the species.
Two – Well, if it’s to perpetuate the species, then… Let’s do it…
Blackout.
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A sketch from the collection Of Animals and Men
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