“Encounter with Mortality: How a Fallen Bird Sparked a Man’s Reflections on Life and Fragility”
In a world where life’s little accidents are often overshadowed by the mundane, we find ourselves reflecting on just how fragile our existence truly is—thanks to a poor, unsuspecting bird that met its tragic end with one particularly unforgiving window. Enter Danny Nagler, a Chicagoan who, while contending with the harsh reality of mortality, has taken a moment to ponder his highly likely future encounter with plate glass. I mean, who hasn’t found themselves either smacking into something unexpectedly or, worse yet, contemplating life’s inevitable collisions? As Danny stands over the fallen avian, musing about the fatality we all might someday share with a stubborn piece of glass, we can’t help but chuckle at the absurdity of it all. So, grab your popcorn—this story has everything from existential dread to relatable humor sprinkled in! LEARN MORE.
CHICAGO—Realizing there comes a time when everyone crashes into a window, local man Danny Nagler told reporters Wednesday that a dead bird on the sidewalk had led him to contemplate his own inevitable collision with plate glass. “Seeing this bird’s lifeless body lying here on the pavement, I can’t help but be reminded that someday I too will slam headfirst into a large pane of glass at great speed,” said Nagler, pondering how no living thing on the planet had the power to escape the unavoidable reality of smashing directly into a window display and plummeting to the concrete with a broken neck. “The crazy thing is that I, like this bird, probably won’t even see the plate glass coming. I can try all I want to convince myself that my impact with the side of a modern office building won’t happen, but as this bird found out, it’s no use.” At press time, an inconsolable Nagler reportedly got the call that his sickly grandmother had finally met her pane of plate glass.
