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Russian president, do you have the video feed set up so you
can see the mall in Washington, too?"

"Yes. I can see it." Said a voice with a heavy Russian accent.

"I am looking at it now." Said the other president.

"Then sit down and order some popcorn, because the show is
about to begin." Trash begins to hum 'The Battle-hymn of the

Republic' and think of things he wishes to happen.

Sexpot was pleased to have something to do rather than
simply sit and wait. She fixed a beam upon the object that
Trash has pictured in his mind and lifted it off the ground."

"Holy Christ!" said the American President.

“Fuck me!” said the Russian president.

The Washington Monument rose out of the ground as if on its
own power, turned on its side, spun around like a compass
needle near a magnet and then shot off into the night. Trash
could hear many voices on each phone speaking quietly but
with great concern. About the time he got to the third chorus,

the Washington Monument had been deposited directly in front
of the Kremlin in such a way as to look like it had always been
there. The Russian president took his phone outside and

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