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he stood in a field of grass, freshly mown and aromatic.. wandering around it was very pleasant like walking on a golf course...He came to the bank of a large moat, curving off into the distance...while he took in the view, he could hear a humming sound that got louder.until he could see 3 drones approaching..when they arrived, they took up a position between gnat and the moat.
drone 1>> you must leave immediately..this is private property....
drone 2>>: please , walk away from the moat ,, now.
and with that, the third drone flew straight into gnats face and started spraying him. It stung his eyes and gnat swiftly
high tailed it out of there. not knowing where to go,and unable to see a thing, he headed downhill...soon he stumbled upon a high brick wall. Using his hands, he traversed the wall until he felt a wooden door. the wood was massive and studed with heavy nails. Soon he located the metal knocker.
knock knock knock: "resident"
knock knock knock: "resident"
knock knock knock: "resident"
after a short time a speaker phone came to life.
Tom>> Hello . . .can I help you???
gnat>>: I sure hope you can. i've been pepper sprayed by your nice neighbor and I need to flush my eyes out with water. pronto please..I'm in bad shape....help
Tom>>"hang on"
and with that there was a silence.....it lasted for a few minutes during which gnat was in agony. He heard hurried foot steps and then a rattelingof steel on steel and with that, the door opened and Tom appeared with three large water bottles. he opend the first one....
Tom>>: hey there ..boy you look awful....I need you to lie on your back for me..please.
gnat lay down in the grass and Tom knelt beside him, opening up gnat's left eye with his left hand and gently pouring water from the bottle..then he did the same with gnat's right eye. then the left and so on till the water ran out.
gnat>>: thank you so much, i really owe you my life.. i don't know what would have happened if not for you. and he began singing
if not for you.
Tom>>: wow that was great... you are a musician!! I am too. i play guitar and sing and do some writing.
gnat>>: me too. i got my first guitar and wrote my first song when I was 10 years old, and have never stopped..
Tom helped gnat up, going thru the door which he locked behind them,,, then they walked toward the house..it was also brick, but the house bricks looked a lot older than the wall bricks. They entered the front door and it led into the living room with vynl wooden floors. .where the window should be was a giant computer screen which displayed a picture of the matterhorn with blowing wind and the occasional bird... , there were 3 guitars on stands.all acoustic. Tom addressed his computer's personality Betsy.....
Tom>> " Betsy, show all my songs"
Betsy>>" here they are..all 240 songs in 11 albums." and with that the screen changed from the Matterhorn to text showing the album names in large font and the songs below the titles..some had 10 songs , some had up to 32 songs..
gnat>>:: I am impressed... i've written alot of songs too...you know..
mostly slow folk , some rock, and alot of protest songs about the environment, the right wings corruption, the unequal distribution of wealth... I'm just a left winger , hot and bothered.
Tom >> : i write some leftwing protest songs too.....about nuclear nightmares, nuclear fallout in the Pacific, animal species extinction , global warming, overpopulation, Donald Trump,,,etc.
gnat>> "we seem to be two peas in a pod..I gotta alot a songs too and .I always carry my music with me on my sphone of course." with that he reached into his front right pocket and pulled out the sphone....."can I plug it in with blue tooth? "
its already done / // .. they displayed all the songs of both of them. .and then they picked out some songs to listen to. Some songs of gnat's and some of Tom's....
Then they wrote a song together called..
fuku full song
after an hour or so, they needed a break... so they took a tour of the house.. It was a three bedroom with 2 1/2 baths..quite spacious..the den had a white carpet and 2 easy chairs and a couch..a big tv and sliding doors with a view of the backyard.. then there was the living room, the formal dining room,the kitchen,and the informal dining room.....running the full width of the house between the two car garage and the informal dining room was the sunroom.outdoor carpet . .just a little outdoor furniture with both outside walls featuring windows with a view of a oak tree in the front and maple in the back with a very busy bird feeder. After the house tour, they made a couple of sandwiches heated up some chili ..and washed it down with some soda....
gnat>>: "lets go for a walk"
Tom>> "yep -- are you sure its safe...dude???.if we are going somewhere isn't it easier just to take a hovercraft dont you think???..
gnat>> just keep walking downhill and we'll be fine.
so they went through the gate and walked downhill.
houses with high brick walls gave way to houses with cinder blocked walls
houses with cinder block gave way to houses with wooden walls
houses with wooden walls gave way to houses with chain linked fences
houses with chain links
gave way to bare houses with small yards
bare houses with small yards gave way to mobile homes
mobile homes gave way to apartments
apartments gave way to people living in their cars inside a fenced
yard
which gave way to people living in their cars outside a fenced area
which gave way to homeless people
which gave way to bombed out cities of despair
which gave way to refugee camps
which gave way to immigrants all moving downhill in silence
and then they came to a border..
there was no where else to go...
Tom whipped out his smartphone and said one word,,,
Tom>>::
"taxi."
sure enough within 3 minutes a pilotless hover craft landed right beside them, and a door opened.
the machine was metalic green with five rotors, .. the body was streamlined and shaped like a wing. they both got on board and buckled their seatbelts. immediately the craft took off. and gained altitude...
what a beautiful view of babel land it was.