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- [ The City ] [ By Hedge ]
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- /* There must be an invisible sun, that gives its hope to every one... */
- /* The Police*/
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- /*The City*/
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- The city was alive during daytime.
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- The city was big and grey, it had a large population and a cold look.
- The large apartment blocks looked down quietly at their inhabitants, who at
- this very moment were on their way to work. These people showed a great
- resemblance to ants when they in one big mass crept towards the closed
- corridors of boredom. Their struggle to make enough money for rent, food
- and clothing had just begun.
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- This very moment, during daytime, the city ruled over the citizens,
- because it was their only way to earn money. You didn't oppose against the
- city's rules, or question its conditions for living. If you did, something
- bad was bound to happen to you.
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- The inhabitants of the apartment blocks had just found their way into the
- city center by all kinds of transportation. Inside, the concrete spoke its
- clear language: No nonsense, please! The whole city's appearance urged
- you to take the fastest lane, not to argue and to do what you were supposed
- to. Nothing more and nothing less. The streets were straight, the corners
- pointy and the edges sharp. There was simply not enough time for anything
- fancy. Efficiency was and stayed most important.
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- The inhabitants continued towards their work, while all the city
- buildings stared down on them, almost like they were giving a silent order.
- The humans did not complain because even though they knew that they totally
- depended on the city, they also knew that the city depended on them just as
- much. Without the humans, the walls would soon be cracking up, the
- concrete start to fall apart and the windows fall out of their frames.
- Therefore the city made sure to not give any reasons for complaints. It
- held its demands at a proper level, so that the machinery could continue
- ticking without interference. Of course, some poor humans couldn't even
- cope with these easy demands, and they were without mercy passed down to
- the city slum, were they quickly got forgotten, or conveniently died. The
- city had no sympathy for the weak.
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- The day moved on however, and the citizens worked hard with their
- individual tasks, all the time in a sort of symbiosis with the city. When
- the work was done the humans went towards their respective means of
- transportation and started the journey home. The night had just begun to
- fall, and with it the city's second appearance started to form. Warm
- yellow light began to light up the square windows of the apartment blocks
- and the evening darkness had started to smooth out the sharp silhouettes of
- the city center and suburbs.
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- The citizens were now unleashed from the demands of the city. They had
- been working hard during the day and now, in the night, they got their
- reward because darkness had transformed the city. Warm inviting lights
- were shimmering from bar- and restaurant windows alongside the streets, and
- not one sharp angle could be seen. The imagination was now allowed to
- create its own shapes, and forms of the surrounding houses.
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- You could even see the difference when flying over the city. During the
- day it looked just like a big grey substance, glued to the earth. In the
- night it looked like a gigantic piece of golden electronic circuitry, with
- its components glittering. The electronic paths were represented by lamp
- posts alongside roads which curved in and out among the houses.
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- The city had become beautiful, unspeakably beautiful.
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- The citizens roamed around enjoying themselves while the city watched,
- slumbering. This went on to about 3 am and at that time the streets lay
- empty and silent. All humans had gone back to their concrete coffins to
- sleep.
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- When the first morning light hit the city's sharp concrete monuments, it
- was sound asleep. But it would soon wake up and the machinery would start
- tick, tick, ticking again.
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- /*Don't ask what you could do for your city,
- ask what your city can do for you!*/
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- /*Hedge -94*/
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- uXu #195 Underground eXperts United 1994 uXu #195
- Call PIRACETAM -> +1-813-996-3902
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