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by Martin Parish
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Copyright 2010 by Martin Parish
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to persons living or dead or past events is purely coincidental.
“What is the ape to the man? A jest or a thing of shame. Then so also shall the man be to the superman: a jest or a thing of shame.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
Chapter 1
In the middle of the street a tree had grown through a pothole in the tarmac. The tree's first leaves were red because it was springtime.