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The Day After the Lie by Filippo Massariol
Inspired by Arundhati Roy’s essay for Financial Times -”The pandemic is a portal”-”A gate-
way between one world and the next.”, I’ve brought up the fragment of a novel I’m writing entitled “The Day after the Lie” that talks about Fran: a rich man, whose father is a famous entrepreneur, that lives in the US. Fran’s not an ordinary rich guy. He hates the fact that he’s got everything while many people are starving. Besides, he cares about poor people and social rights, most of the time going against his class. Every night Fran has very vivid dreams about a utopian future where all people are equal and humanity, for the first time since globalization, tries to go back to its roots, respecting nature and other living beings. Through his tales and his trips worldwide, Fran will discover himself and fight for what he dreams at night, hoping that one-day dreams will become true.
International Protection)1. But yes, man, I supthis is the price for Fair Trade every West“Yo, Fran, get up, we need to go! The guys are pose ern business person needs to pay. coming down, move your lazy a** now bro!” “Ohhhhh!” I said, yawning and stretching as fast I like the way my new housemate, Brad, wakes as I could. I put on the shirt I had bought last me up… At least better than that frigging Greg, week at the Shelter, and I was ready to jump! that lunatic-Uncle-Sam groupie that tried to spill a cup of Heineken on my jacket. Once I walked out the door, I saw the police once they were checking on a car, probably a “Make an effort and be nice next time, homie!” I again: non-hybrid vehicle, one of those that still tried yelled at him. to go around with a covered-up muffler bought “I’ll be nice when you get the last shared-car on from the illegal oil market. “God knows why time with me to go to work, dear lazy boy! Your these frigging thugs still try to waste money not juice is on the table. Dress up and go! Don’t even reducing CO2!” said Brad wash your body or your teeth even if you stink like a sloth.” Replied Brad with courtesy.
In fact, today’s CR (Carbon Radar)
was orange, meaning that probably other scammers were still “Thanks, man, don’t you still got some coffee’s around with their noisy cars trying to go further south where carbon regulation isn’t so restricted. leftovers from Kenia?” I kindly asked him. 2
“Yo, that stuff’s expensive, bro! You still owe “Man, check number 38668991. That’s the lime some bucks and a full day at work if you cense plate we’ve gotta look for and watch out!” Said Brad. don’t hurry!”
I’ve been craving coffee so much since its price got doubled four times after the “CoorporationAid Law” and the AAIP (African Agriculture
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1 AAIP (African Agriculture International Protection) Law passed in 2023 to higher all the prices regarding Africa’s Raw Materials 2 CR (Carbon Radar): it is a big screen installed in most cities to monitor CO2 emissions to respect 2050’s climate targets. The first city was New York on Times Square.
