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GLOBAL VILLAGE

From Tales of Madness Vol. III by Tom Ball, 2011

    I said, “Every place I’ve been has been a surprise to me. You can’t read it on computer but have to go there in person oneself.”
    But she said, “This global village culture was boring and one place is much like another.”
    Still I said, “There are different types of people attracted to different cities. For example Toronto is now considered essential in a painter’s education.”
    And I said you can always go back to the fantasy worlds and drugs if reality gets you down.
    She said, “The multitude (and the radicals) though always end up more or less the same.”
    I said, “We are all in this together, even those in space, and we will sink or swim together.”
    She said, “there is no hope for humanity anyways; global village or not...”

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