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Euphoria Street
Walking through paradise
She walked leisurely down the sidewalk looking at everything there was to see. She was walking through a neighborhood in decay. The storefronts were in disrepair and around half of them were vacant. Many windows were boarded up, graffiti adorned most buildings and the gutters were filled with litter. Most of the trees along the street were dead.
“This is paradise,” she said to herself. “This is paradise. This is paradise.” (She always said things in threes.)
Stopping, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, “I drink in the beauty. I drink in the beauty. I drink in the beauty.”
She opened her eyes to see an incredible transformation. The neighborhood was now vibrant with life and color. The buildings were all in pristine condition, freshly painted. The graffiti was gone. Every storefront was full and open for business and there were shoppers everywhere. And everyone was happy and smiling as they greeted each other. There was no trash anywhere. All the trees were fully green and filled with happily singing birds.
A wave of euphoria washed over her as she looked around taking in the beauty all around her.
She walked for a while then stopped again. Closing her eyes she said to herself, “The world is a mess. The world is a mess. The world is a mess.”
