Many years ago, I was insistently requested to write an article for the bulletin of a friendly firm. After quite a while, I did, the tiniest courtesy I owed to people who had befriended me and kindly taught me how to use a PC running DOS, not an easy task.
Soon I was much praised for my contribution. The higher corporate ranks asked me how I had managed to write such an awesome piece. I told them it had been rather easy, actually.
A couple of years later, I was rather curious about it myself, as I could not remember a thing. But I had lost the file, and not a single print or copy was found anywhere.
Perhaps my article dealt with human fate, with our mission on Earth. I do not know it, I wonder. I wonder all the time.
I recall only its title: "Ciao!"... It meant "Hi!" at beginning, as Man arose from the unknown; it meant "Bye!" at the end, as Man disappeared from sight. I was left no wiser.
Sic transit gloria mundi! Now, may I bid you good-bye... just for the time being! After all, life is not that short, you know? Keep in touch!
xanabras
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