Once Upon an Alternate Universe

********Editor's Note: Adult language*********

A dosckside bar in Liverpool, 1970-something. A steel worker named Osbourne has come from Birmingham looking for work and steps in for a pint. He sits next to a soused dock hand by name of Lennon. No words are shared but they do stop to hurl abuse at the performer on stage peddling clever pop tunes that lilt and sway but have no punch.

"Fuckin' McCartney..." Lennon says.

Osbourne piles on, but he secretly loves the twee little ditties the bearded troubadour on stage is playing. He and Lennon dicker between hostility and sullen camaraderie. A half full glass is thrown and McCartney leaves by the back door.

Osbourne hums one of the tunes to himself as he gets up to leave. He walks past two unseen forms hovering near the door.

The angel smiles at Little Richard and says, "This is what would've happened if you'd never been born."