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+title: "The Silence of the West Coast"
+date: 2015-10-28 23:20:48 -0400
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+categories: fiction pun functional 
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+It came to be that the west coast's largest state fell eerily silent.
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+The cause was unknown for a long time.  Nobody talked about it, obviously.
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+It took volumes of writing on the internet, filled with hashtags and emoji, to sort the issue out.
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+Legislators met in Sacramento to discuss the problem, quietly at first. As their resolve grew, so did the volume of their collected voice. Their numbers increased.  
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+They could not be shut up!
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+This powerful wave of discussion rolled south, down the Pacific Coast Highway, finally reaching into Los Angeles and Hollywood.  
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+People who once made a living there speaking or posing in front of cameras once more found their voice. It made their day jobs as bartenders, waiters, and waitresses much easier.
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+Legislation was no longer necessary. The problem solved itself through the sheer willpower and force of those once affected.
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+In a town filled with actors and models and their agents, Hollywood could not be held muteable.