Part of a conversation, episode one.

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The scene.

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Two people talking

back and forth 

on random subjects

the conversation flowing, 

sitting outside at a terrace, 

a newspaper on the table plus

Walden by Henry David Thoreau 

and Sosha by Isaac Bashevis Singer,

sipping drinks, nibbling snack food

and talking softly, wearily....

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tuning in on the conversation....

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'....yes I know their are millions

and millions of good people

but how do we get rid of these

billions and billions of others....'

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the scene's disturbed

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a car with bass booms spoiling

the entire street and terrace

all must hear, cannot avoid to hear

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fading out, the car drives past,

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a moment later, tuning in again

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'....what heaven maybe is,

well for me it would be,

is that one's not confronted

with the private hell

such people create

and wish to live in 

and impose on others

in their surroundings....'

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minutes later, another topic 

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'....the thing is, he thinks 

he's trendy and intellectual

yet he's so middle-class 

and when that well-known

TV-host flirted with his wife

standing next to them in the café

he actually told me proudly 

about it as if it made him 

bigger, more succesful..mutt..

..pitiful (sound of a yawn)....'

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fading out, and in, to the next part

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'....o boy, yes, our changing climate

and no improvement to expect..

..for all these petty bourgeois

that keep on going in circles

pretending to care until the next

holiday comes along and then 

buying the cheapest flight to 

their holiday home in Cyprus

or to trendy Dubai or Milan

for some new shoes or a suit..

.. and no politician with the 

spine to put a stop to it all....'

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some minutes later

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'....there was once a time when 

holiday meant to be free of work

well, for Nana's, you know these

poor house slaves, that still is true

..one day a year.. nowadays all 

blue collar and middle-class twits

have been brainwashed that one

has to travel during holidays

to broaden the mind.. 

(gives a snort)..,

what mind I ask you, what mind....'

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the two smile way-worn 

lift their glasses

toasting wordlessly, 

sipping their drink, idly

picking up their books

to read some more....

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end of episode one

NB.

The conversation's fictional, based on reality, it can only be placed in current days....

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