Tag: natural
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GREEN ENERGY
The internal combustion engine is long gone. Electric cars are on the way out too. Soon all our vehicles will be plant powered. Garden centres are the new gas stations. Pile the greenery into the tank and off we go, leaving a trail of mulch pouring from the exhaust behind us. Tankers collect the discarded…
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THE PAINTER
‘It probably was a forest around here at some point.’ ‘Not quite what ‘rewilding’ means, is it?’ ‘Looks nice though.’ They walked on, not looking back. They didn’t see the slight ripple as the breeze washed over the painted leaves and the feathers on the flying geese. The ripple turned into a wave as bricks…
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TIME
Too old. Her back was killing her. She straightened up and stretched. This would be the last year. Next summer she would need to get some help in, or let the garden grow wild. Maybe that was the answer. Time to give up trying to control everything. Time to just go with whatever will be,…
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CROSS OR CRESCENT
A cross or a crescent, why did it matter? The blood was always red, it ran the same no matter where they sent her. The victims needed the same things no matter what banner flew over their camps. Some chose to find offence in the cross, some in the crescent. All either symbolised was their…
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SUPPLY AND DEMAND
‘Why the empty shelves?’ ‘I’m reorganising.’ ‘No more processed food?’ ‘Only fruit and vegetables.’ ‘Meat?’ ‘No.’ ‘Chocolate?’ ‘No.’ ‘Sweets?’ ‘No. There is no longer the demand for these things.’ ‘The health drive?’ ‘Tackling obesity.’ ‘I see, uh, you wouldn’t happen to know where I could get my hands a few treats, do you?’ ‘I can’t…
Iain Kelly 