Apples
So there’s this guy who keeps throwing apples at my head
I don’t really know who he is or why he does it
One day I was just walking around and this apple
Hit me right in my head
And I was like, “ow”
And I thought that would be the end of it
But no, cause like, he kept at it
He just like, kept throwing apples at my head
After a while, I started catching them
And I thought it was like, some cool movie moment
And I’d stare at him, and the screen would be all black
Except for a slit that showed my eyes
But like, he didn’t care
He just threw more apples
Unfettered, the man was
Then I learned to catch them with both hands equally as good
But then he had a third apple
I learned to juggle three, then four, then five apples at a time
But going for six seemed like too much
Now I carry a bag for these apples
And everyday I come home and plop all these apples on our kitchen table
And the thing is, I like apples
They’re one of my favorite fruits
But there’s too many
I can’t eat all these apples
I need other types of food in my life
I tried to learn to make apple pie
As a way of offloading some of these apples
But every time I’d look up a recipe on my phone
I’d get hit with another gosh darn apple
So I thought I’d just like, wing it
So I went to the store to get dough and cinnamon
Maybe some other stuff
And I saw that apples are like $1 a pop
Then I started thinking ‘where’s this guy getting all these apples?’
And I know $1 doesn’t seem like much
But he must have thrown hundreds at me by now
And he definitely doesn’t have a job
Cause all he does is throw apples at me at all times during the day
So does he have some sort of apple orchard at his disposal?
When does he restock his apple supply?
Why is he throwing them at my head?
So many questions
Anyway, I thought I could maybe sell these apples
But I don’t have any connections to the apple-selling world
I never established an apple network
Also I don’t have enough inventory to create a steady supply
I have a whole lot of apples for a person
But nowhere near as many apples as these apple tycoons
Big Apple has me beat
I mean like the global network of apple trade
I don’t mean the city of New York
AKA The Big Apple has me in its clutches
Now I’m getting off topic
Back to these apples that keep hitting me
I talked to a friend
To see if something similar had happened to her
I was like “was there ever a guy who threw apples at your head?”
And she was like “Yeah, that was really weird”
And I was like “Why is you so nonchalant about this
It’s driving me mad
I can’t sleep
I can’t think
I don’t know how to stop this man”
And she was like “Calm down dude
I just told him to stop and he did”
And I was like “Oh,
I didn’t know I could do that”
And she was like “So some guy has been throwing apples at you
And you’ve just done nothing”
And I was like “Yeah, pretty much”
And she was like “Kinda sounds like you’re into it”
And I was like “No I’m not”
And I walked away
So the next day I was walking around
And the moment I felt that apple connect with my nose
I felt invincible
“Excuse me, Thou Apple-throwing Villain” I exclaimed
“I command you to stop your spiteful ways”
And he was like “Huh?”
And I was like “Could you stop throwing apples at my head”
And he was like “Why? I thought you liked apples”
And I was like “Yes, they’re one of my favorite fruits but-”
“And I’m saving you so much money,” he interjected
And was like “Now that you don’t have to buy apples, no?”
And I was like “One, rude for you to interrupt me
And also I don’t think you get what’s going on–”
But he interrupted me again
And he was like “Shut up, Aaron”
And I was like “Excuse me”
And he got angry
And he was like “I’m giving you free freaking apples
And you are too much of a selfish brat
To be even the slightest bit grateful. Screw you, dude”
And I was gonna say “Calm down, my man
I didn’t want to upset you, sorry”
But I couldn’t, cause when I opened my mouth
Like how you do when you talk
A gosh-darn apple was thrown in it
So I started choking on this apple
That I wasn’t prepared for
Because I was going to say something
And the apple dude just stares at me
And refuses to give me the heimlich
Like a smug little you-know-what
What a total jerk
I hate that guy.