"Paradise" -#PlanetOrPlastic ✔
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Complete Sat, Oct 13, 2018<5 mins
Far into the future, in a world with flying cars and cities in the sky, Leyla Onyx finds herself falling in love with the islands of the 21st century. Perfect beaches and clear, blue water-- it seems all so beautiful. She craves it. In search of any bits of land left on the planet below to buy, Leyla enrolls the help of a property salesman to help her.
However, she's gravely disappointed to find that the only patch of land left is the Great Pacific garbage patch. It's definitely no paradise.
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