White winking Buddhas.
A vegetarian dinner of fish, eel,
chicken, and pork.
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The Clan of the Cultural Revolution:
portraits in red, pink, and black.
Cloudlike rocks riddled with holes.
Straight-cut stones hiding the view.
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Flaming Sun Day, Feet, Comfortable City,
Flexology: Foot and Body Massage.
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The Temple of Marvelous Mystery.
Scholars revealing a little at a time.
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Bitter melon, minced snails,
fresh young ginger with duck.
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A very auspicious number like five.
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Yin-yang, push, pull.
Holiday Spending Zone.
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Cicadas make the woods more silent.
Birds make the valleys deeper.
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Neon palm trees: electric yellow and green.
Two thin bamboo rafts floating silently down the Li.
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Rainy summer night.
A street-cleaning truck playing
“We Wish You Merry Christmas.”
