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Dreaming of Fine Clothes
The afternoons of walking around the clock tower in sunlight filtering through leaves have passed. Now it is every night—sitting in a rented go-kart, bouncing from bars to bathhouses over roads repaired with ear picks.
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Notes on Buying Flowers
The flower shop has two cats. One is a ragdoll, with long fur, looking clever; the other is a white cat with a face full of spots. The shopkeeper says they're from fighting.
Autumn Thoughts
Always bored. Did my dreams ever reach Xie Bridge? Perhaps long ago by Yi Bridge, I failed to notice the Luoshen in the water.
Postscript to the Competition
That faint, half-real admiration, those green, unripe feelings. But thinking of my failed competition career, I feel somewhat ashamed.
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