It is not a mineral, but a hardened resin fossilized over long periods of time. Inclusions occur when plant or animal material becomes trapped in the sticky zeitgeist nebula.
Psst. Hey Marlene. You're an orange. I'm gonna peel ya.
More than
half of these inclusions are flies. One of the more exciting inclusions was the
spiny pratfall in a narwhal eye. Yuck yuck. Spitoon. Research papers are due tomorrow folks.
Hey Marlene. You’re a—
Shhh. Quiet
Todd.
Quiet yourself
Lori. Am I talking to you? Hey Marlene. You’re paper, and I’m gonna fold ya. You’re
a in-CLOO-sion. You’re trapped. And you’re gonna die.
(Fade to
white)
(bird-sounds.mp3)
Earlier that morning, a "friend" offered Marlene two very small orange pills. Like these.
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Foolishly,
she took them.
(manic-violin-music.mp3)
Now
Marlene is trapped inside a hard, unyielding world of grotesque warped images. A hallucinogenic hell.
(transition: crossfade) (soft-bland-music.mp3)
Hi. Doug
Hoffner here. In a way, Todd was right. Marlene is an inclusion. Trapped, in the sticky, nightmare world of mind-bending narcotics.
(music-swell.mp3)
Marlene found herself in a place she never knew existed.
(top
right: man-with-whip.mp4)
A world, where
drug-starved teenage girls are forced into unspeakable acts of self-abasement.
(bottom
left: girl-with-livestock.mp4)
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Marlene was one of the lucky ones.
(dirge.mp3) (fade out)
Wait. No.
I’m here. Sorta.
So I trust
everyone will have their paper ready. For now, I need your homework assignments. Pass them up to the one-eyed jack knife girl, please.
Umm. We’re
trying to do a PSA here.
Well. I’m
trying to teach a class here.
Wow. I am so high. I am like, out there.
Yes. You are “out there”, Marlene. And chances are—
Hey.
Voice-over guy. Hoffner. Cut.
Who are
you.
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Classmate-1.
That’s me.
Where’s
Maureen.
Marlene. I’m right here. I don’t feel so good.
Hey.
Marlene. You’re a grapefruit, and I’m gonna squeeze ya. You’re a incloo-
(group,
except Todd)
SHUT UP
TODD.
(Fade to
black)
Inclusions.
Hi. Doug Hoffner here. You know, in a way, Todd was right. Marlene is an inclusion. We’re all inclusions. You. Me. All of us. Caught in our own
sticky traps.
(things-get-a-little-easier-once-you-understand.mp3)
But things get a little easier. Once you understand.
(Fade to black)
THE END
"Hey Marlene", courtesy of R.H. Kress Instructional Films
Um.
Hello?
I still don't feel so good.
One of you go with Marlene to the restroom. You. Lori. One-eyed jack knife girl.