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Janet's Hope

The world ended suddenly on Victory Tuesday A plague came and took all of the people away It killed Big Brother when he stopped to sneeze Who knew that death came in floating on the breeze I wander alone, among the bloated, rotting dead Stench, corpses and bodies, everywhere I tread I live at the Ministry of Plenty, just to survive I desperately hope I am not the last person alive Why am I alive? I must be somehow immune To the sickness that caused Oceania's doom I used to work at Pornosec, my name is Janet Living and surviving on this lonely, lifeless planet

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Date: 4/9/2025 3:47:00 PM
Congrats on your placement John. Poor Janet. Is she blessed or cursed? Reminds me of a Twilight zone episode
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John Bertin
Date: 4/9/2025 5:46:00 PM
Thank you, Tom. I was thinking of the Twilight Zone episode "Where is Everybody?" To my mind, Janet is not the only survivor.

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