Toilet Roll Necklace

Dear friend,
Today we want to introduce you to the toilet roll chain Deluxe. The small roll is made of silver and gold plated. All components are made from 100% recycled material and were made in our factory in Hamburg.

Logbook entry, Stardate 2305.

I sit at the window and look out at the fields. Outside they build up mountains of toilet paper. As every year, large piles of toilet paper are burned at the Corona Festival and all residents come together and throw rolls into the fire. This is how the celebrations begin. All over the world people are celebrating Corona Month. Then everything stands still for a month.

I look down at my hand holding a pendant my great, great, great whatever grandfather made at the time of the global pandemic. A simple pendant, made of silver, which appears to have been gold plated at one time, but the gold plating has faded over the centuries.

What kind of time must that have been, back then, in 2020? From one day to the next everything came to a standstill. At first only for a few, but in the end the effects have affected all people. There was great fear that another world war would break out. Millions were unemployed. Without hope. The breeding ground for demagogues was prepared as never before. Tensions grew day by day. Those who still had something simply went on living as before. But slowly they also realized what they should do with a world without small shops, without small bars, without lateral thinkers, without artists, without hope?

The resentment of those who had lost everything through no fault of their own grew day by day. Even with government help, the incredible cultural gap that had arisen could not be filled. Right-wing ideologies and hate preachers sprouted up like mushrooms around the world. And shortly before the all-destroying war between rich and poor could break out, a change in thinking took place everywhere.

All borders were opened, all wealth was shared, all the weak were helped and it was no longer about being the best - it was about saving the earth and living together in peace. All work, energy supply, food, concerts, bars, goods, art, travel - everything has been made accessible to everyone.

Don't ask me how that could be done, but money was abolished. It just didn't matter anymore. All debts were canceled, schools were built, everything was shared. Rich and poor no longer matter in 2305, stars have become superfluous, because everyone is a star who helps others. We live in a solidarity community that has made it its task that all people are finally equal. There are no more borders, no possessions, no work - we do everything for everyone.

So I'm sitting here, holding the toilet roll in my hand, clasping it tightly, taking a deep sip from my glass and happily walking out onto the street with the others. We laugh, drink, dance, and love.

I wake up and the morning sun shines through my window. Everything is quiet. I dreamed. I open my laptop and check the latest news, the number of infected people is finally going down after weeks. Hope is spreading. The sun is rising and my neighbor across the way is waving at me from his isolation. I wave back.