### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### #### ### ### ##### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ### ########## ### ### ########## ### ### ### ### Underground eXperts United Presents... ####### ## ## ####### # # #### ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## #### ## ## #### # # ## ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### # # ###### ####### ####### [ The City ] [ By Hedge ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ /* There must be an invisible sun, that gives its hope to every one... */ /* The Police*/ /*The City*/ The city was alive during daytime. The city was big and grey, it had a large population and a cold look. The large apartment blocks looked down quietly at their inhabitants, who at this very moment were on their way to work. These people showed a great resemblance to ants when they in one big mass crept towards the closed corridors of boredom. Their struggle to make enough money for rent, food and clothing had just begun. This very moment, during daytime, the city ruled over the citizens, because it was their only way to earn money. You didn't oppose against the city's rules, or question its conditions for living. If you did, something bad was bound to happen to you. The inhabitants of the apartment blocks had just found their way into the city center by all kinds of transportation. Inside, the concrete spoke its clear language: No nonsense, please! The whole city's appearance urged you to take the fastest lane, not to argue and to do what you were supposed to. Nothing more and nothing less. The streets were straight, the corners pointy and the edges sharp. There was simply not enough time for anything fancy. Efficiency was and stayed most important. The inhabitants continued towards their work, while all the city buildings stared down on them, almost like they were giving a silent order. The humans did not complain because even though they knew that they totally depended on the city, they also knew that the city depended on them just as much. Without the humans, the walls would soon be cracking up, the concrete start to fall apart and the windows fall out of their frames. Therefore the city made sure to not give any reasons for complaints. It held its demands at a proper level, so that the machinery could continue ticking without interference. Of course, some poor humans couldn't even cope with these easy demands, and they were without mercy passed down to the city slum, were they quickly got forgotten, or conveniently died. The city had no sympathy for the weak. The day moved on however, and the citizens worked hard with their individual tasks, all the time in a sort of symbiosis with the city. When the work was done the humans went towards their respective means of transportation and started the journey home. The night had just begun to fall, and with it the city's second appearance started to form. Warm yellow light began to light up the square windows of the apartment blocks and the evening darkness had started to smooth out the sharp silhouettes of the city center and suburbs. The citizens were now unleashed from the demands of the city. They had been working hard during the day and now, in the night, they got their reward because darkness had transformed the city. Warm inviting lights were shimmering from bar- and restaurant windows alongside the streets, and not one sharp angle could be seen. The imagination was now allowed to create its own shapes, and forms of the surrounding houses. You could even see the difference when flying over the city. During the day it looked just like a big grey substance, glued to the earth. In the night it looked like a gigantic piece of golden electronic circuitry, with its components glittering. The electronic paths were represented by lamp posts alongside roads which curved in and out among the houses. The city had become beautiful, unspeakably beautiful. The citizens roamed around enjoying themselves while the city watched, slumbering. This went on to about 3 am and at that time the streets lay empty and silent. All humans had gone back to their concrete coffins to sleep. When the first morning light hit the city's sharp concrete monuments, it was sound asleep. But it would soon wake up and the machinery would start tick, tick, ticking again. /*Don't ask what you could do for your city, ask what your city can do for you!*/ /*Hedge -94*/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uXu #195 Underground eXperts United 1994 uXu #195 Call PIRACETAM -> +1-813-996-3902 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------