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55 the future The future is withdrawn again. Just as the donkey’s teeth are pressing against the carrot, somebody removes the donkey. If this is all the future holds for our nation’s donkeys we may never make it through the forthcoming year! What we need is a future in which vegetable gardens are planted in the atmosphere. Gnash gnash. Each step of the way must be marked by a half-eaten tuber or legume tossed aside, as if luxury were everyday Or, as if donkeys could now go in any direction they wanted, even into the past. Advancing on all sides, listen to the delicate steppings and droppings of the donkeys, catching up to the future, making the past come alive sooner and sooner. When the future is finally achieved, the valley of the world will see, strewn as far as the eye can see, donkeys sitting down or lying around at their ease, little carts unhitched and parked; we will be aware as never before of the portability of time ...

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