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Awakening — a fictional essay on utopia

Giancarlo Ghedini

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I often come to this weeping willow to remember my great grandfather. We all called him Gramps. He told me this particular tree represents hope and safety. I feel a little guilty about carving words into it. But I think an inscription is a good locator.

Gramps died a week after his one hundred and twenty-second birthday, back in 2098. He was agitated on his deathbed. Cranky as hell, really. Not…

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