Cicada by Shaun Tan — Transcript
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- 0:02hello how can I help you good morning oh
- 0:05how are you today oh come on please hold
- 0:09hello how can I help you this
- 0:10conversation might be monitored for
- 0:12quality control what is your location
- 0:14hello how can I help you secondo working
- 0:21tall building data entry clerk
- 0:23seventeen-year no sick day no mistake
- 0:27Tok Tok Tok seventeen-year no promotion
- 0:32Human Resources say Sakata
- 0:35not human need no resources talk talk
- 0:39talk
- 0:40no socata allowed in office bathroom
- 0:44socata go downtown 12 blocks each time
- 0:48company doc pay tok tok tok human never
- 0:53finished work socata always stayed
- 0:56finish work nobody thinks socata talk
- 1:00talk talk
- 1:03human poet uh no like I gotta say things
- 1:07new things thinks about a stupid dog dog
- 1:11dog
- 1:13socata no afford rent leave office wall
- 1:17space company pretend no doc doc doc
- 1:2317-year cicadas hires no party no
- 1:27handshake boss a clean desk talk talk
- 1:31talk cigar the go to top of tall
- 1:42building time to say goodbye
- 1:49[Music]
- 2:04[Music]
- 2:06socata all fly back to forest sometimes
- 2:10think about human can't stop laughing
- 2:13top okay that's all thank you very much
- 2:18enjoy
- 2:22[Music]
- 2:27[Music]
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