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"THE LAST MAN ON THE MOON"
One day, everything was as expected; the next, in the blink of an eye, it was done. Silence fell.
The people on earth fell to pieces, stumbling like a wine waiter in a power cut.
The oldest - who had been to the moon and had since watched in dismay as their adventures dissolved into the quicksand of literary theories - seemed resigned to their fate, their rheumy eyes glistening ironically.
The people on earth fell to pieces, stumbling like a wine waiter in a power cut.
The oldest - who had been to the moon and had since watched in dismay as their adventures dissolved into the quicksand of literary theories - seemed resigned to their fate, their rheumy eyes glistening ironically.
