A small wooden porch with a rocking chair and a glowing ember-red doormat stands before lush green leaves in misty darkness.

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Last Chance To See  ·  1990

Douglas Adams

Somewhere not too far from here, toward the middle of the island, there may have been heaven on earth, but hell had certainly set up business on its porch.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Paradise may exist somewhere in the island's middle, the speaker allows, but hell has opened a shop right on the front porch. It's a funny metaphor for a place that's supposedly beautiful yet hostile to reach, with the awful part greeting you first.

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