the day is coming

by nick nelson

they say the day is coming when every person on the planet will look exactly like every other person. there were will be no more stories beginning: aggie looked in the mirror and wondered if jeffrey would ever love her… the day is coming when everybody will have exactly the same amount of money - none. because money will be abolished. there will be no more stories beginning: the safe opened slowly. betty reached in and her hand felt the thick wads of greenbacks… and behind the greenbacks the crown jewels of the kingdom of___________ … worth enough to last a hundred lifetimes… the day is coming when everybody will be as famous as everybody else. there will be no more stories beginning: you knocked them dead, kid. i just talked to billy , and he just talked to constance and gave her the message… the day is coming when everybody will eat the same thing, in the same amount, every day… probably tofu, but that is subject to change. there will be no more stories beginning: snowflakes fell on the shoulders of arthur’s patched coat as he gazed through the brightly lit window at the worthingtons and their guests fastening their napkins under their fat chins as they prepared to do justice to the third course - roast pheasant - of the ten course dinner celebrating mr worthington’s election as governor… the day is coming when everybody will have the same amount of living space - 5 meters by 5 meters. there will be no more stories beginning: i rang the bell and the door was immediately opened by a butler who looked a few days younger than ramses ii. he led me down a corridor long enough for three 707’s and a couple of pterodactyls to land on… the day is coming when nobody will be better at anything, than anybody else… there will be no more games, or puzzles, or tests, or competitions, physical or mental . there will be no more stories beginning: you want to do what, little girl? go out for the team? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ! the day is coming when there will be no more wars, or oppression, or exploitation, and no one will have to be saved by, or from, anybody else. there will be no more stories beginning: the blood red sun was setting over the hills as sardo rode along the strangely deserted imperial highway. suddenly an an old man with a long white beard stood in the road waving his arms.. sardo! he cried. you are the greatest of all swordsmen! you must help us! the people are being crushed by… the day is coming when no human will have any contact with any other human or living creature, or be able to wrong or injure or kill another. there will be no more stories beginning: i’ll get them for this, joey. i will make them pay if i have to hunt them to the furthest reaches of the galaxy… the day is coming when all diseases and plagues have been wiped out, and the earth is protected from invasion from outer space by an impregnable barrier … there will be no more stories beginning: the last man on the earth ducked into a doorway when he heard the footsteps of the alien patrol… the day is coming when no one will have reason to leave the living space assigned them after they are cloned. there will be no more stories beginning: the sun was shining. the open road spread out before rolf as he strode along. at last, he thought, at last… the quest had begun.