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A Story of a Rose, an Artist, and History

The year was 2700 AD, and the Very delicate. This flower, whose colors
technological advances of mankind were were changing and morphing constantly,
impressive. By now, 99% of disease had its head slowly turning, and now, the
been eliminated, and the average life perfect voice of a human resonating from
span was around 150 years. Innovating it... In one more minute, all these
and exciting new fields of science had functions would stop, and it would close
been opened and subdivided. Art found again."Wow, that was amazing," Bastello
new and creative ways to be expressed. said, "I mean, I've seen some flowers do
The ways of the people became not some crazy things, but that was
necessarily simple, but all directed absolutely brilliant.""Seven thousand
towards fulfilling the passion of the lines of altered genes, my friend," Casva
heart, the creativitiy of the said, tapping his/her computer, "There
mind.Bastello walked with his/her lover are billions I have yet to tap in to.""I
Rols, gently trotting across the have not seen anything so beautiful in
otherwise untouched cobblestone. As they all my years," Rols said."Yeap," Casva
passed by a housing unit, they hear some replied, "It takes 12 hours of the solar
shouting. It was their friend Casva. panel being charged just to get two
"Hey, Bastello! Rols! I've got minutes. I'm trying to reduce that time
something you want to see!""We're without harming the abilities of the
comin'!" Bastello hollered. Technology plant.""You know, Casva," Bastello said,
had become molded with biology in this "Several hundred years ago, toiling with
era, and many bodies included implants things like genetics was considered a
that helped boost immunity, strength, and social violation. It was considered
other basic functioning."What do you have heresy, playing as god, to do what you've
for us, Casva?" Rols asked once the two done.""Oh, I know," Casva replied, "And
were inside the housing unit of their only a few hundred years earlier than
comrade."My newest creation," s/he that, it was considered heresy to paint a
replied, "Are you looking?""The flower?" picture of something that didn't include
Bastello asked, "What about it?""I've angels or god. So many paintings were
been tweaking the genes of it for the burned, so many libraries were leveled.
past few weeks," Casva sad, "I bought a And, if we also want to dig into the
gene manipulation kit at the hobby store. past, you'll remember that what doctors
With all the effort I've put into it, I did was considered heretical, because
think I've been able to create the most everyone thought that god planned for
beautiful flower ever." A look at the them a death date -- and prolonging that
scene right now would reveal a flower, a date was considered heresy.""Yeah, you
computer attached to the flower, and a think people would learn to live and let
solar panel similarly attached to the live," Rols said, "If it doesn't bother
flower. "This solar panel allows me to you, don't fuck with it.""I don't think
get more energy to the flower faster," it's that, precisely," Casva said, as he
Casva says, "Sure, sure, it's not natural unplugged a few wires from his/her
like other hobbyists like, but hey, it computer, and then looking up to his/her
gets it faster to the best part.""So, comrades, "Actually, I think it's
what do you have to show us?" Rols asked, learning what bothers you and what
"It's a flower. It's not even open. doesn't bother you. The Nazis could
It's very much closed.""Okay, watch actually argue that, by letting the Jews
this," Casva replies. S/He turns to his live in peace, they were being bothered.
her computer and presses a few keys, and Homophobes of the early 20th century
then flips three switches attached to the argued that by allowing Homosexuals to
solar panel.With all that, the flower live in peace, they were being bothered.
bloomed. It was a rose, but not any You wouldn't think it at first, but the
ordinary rose. The petals started to 'sanctity of marriage' has just about the
shift in color, twisting and turning into same foundation as the 'sanctity of the
oranges, purples, greens, blues, yellows, white race.' Most of the time, it is the
the colors moving in and out much like persecutor whose psychology is, in fact,
waves would smash in the ocean. The not much more grown from when he was
psychedelic colors of the flower molded, perhaps three or four years ago. It is
morphed, grew, rose, shrunk, and receded. the fault of the persecutor to harbor the
But, just as they had managed to be sick ideas of oppression -- not the fault
amazed entirely by this one spectacle of of the oppressed to fight back."
the flower, something else happened. It Life,Punkerslut (or Andy Carloff) has
started to turn. The head of the flower been writing essays and poetry on social
was turning at at utmostly slow pace, issues which have caught his attention
adding to the immense beauty of the for several years. His website provides
plant, allowing others to afford a a complete list of all of these writings.
greater appreciation of its colors. And, His life experience includes
then something strange happened... All homelessness, squating in New Orleans and
throughout the room, a sound could be LA, dropping out of high school, getting
heard. A very gentle and increasing hum expelled from college for "subversive
could be heard coming from the center of activities," and a myriad of other
the flower. It almost sounded like a revolutionary actions.
choral voice. Very light. Very gentle.




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