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Ghost Towns Criss Cross Wide World

Information superhighway bumper to binary bumper. Stark contrast versus deserted macadam thoroughfares. Magnification rendered visualization coronavirus alias covid 19 courtesy electron microscopy plus sundry computer technology yours truly (popeye Olive Garden variety generic layman) breathtakingly held spellbound, née utterly transfixed vibrant spectacular design regarding inexplicable dynamic forces wrought creation (albeit - alluringly beautifully charming, deceptively eminently fascinating, and globularly highly intriguing biochemical cellular denizens - indubitably jackknifing kindred livingsocial man/womankind now outstripping Buffy the vampire (weakened immunity system of the down) slayer kickstarting pandemic induces *****sapiens to experience extravagant fancy feast humble pie (just desserts) necessitate quarantine to minimize transmission, whereby (Gogol Ling) dead souls agonizingly writhe within purgatory tests mine Unitarian/nonestablishmentarian credo, never with me wildest imagination intimating detrimental fatal impact avast swath terra firmae, aye attest dominant primate species, not necessarily lost cause, nor civilization and discontents forsaken, but buzz feeding foretaste (think while leg propped atop desk - armageddon), of end times nonetheless triggering linkedin helter skelter, wrenching economy (globally webbed) doleful Lake Woebegone citizens haphazardly remaining approximately six feet between another human beings scrabbling, scrambling, scrimping, saving international decree obligating painstaking handwashing absolute zero socialization (comprising no more than ten people), said groupon crowdsource commingling verboten, yes tis moost ideal for solitary fellow (me barely a Yogi) yabba dabbling playing online solitaire, chess, listening to deep sleep music, meditating, reading, and/or writing.

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