The Photograph Album, Snapshot Stories for a Very Busy World

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Stardate 2300


Somewhere in 2011, Buzkashi is being played in some middle eastern enclave.

A goats carcus is being tossed about by players and bet on by those who wish to take their money and increase their lot.

Meanwhile Willie Nelson croons a Hoagy Carmichael tune somewhere less dusty but just as cruel.

"...The spring breeze filled with the smell of wisteria and clover. A glass of ice water melts on the table. The haven of sleep just within reach as the buzz of his monotone drones on about the world confined in the pages of a Wall Street Journal. She wants to move. To go outside and work in the garden but the words pull her back into the world of finance and war.

"You know - your voice - it really is better than opium..."

from
The Occidental Gatsby Revolution

by C Anne Ford
4/13/11

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