I went to the market, so amazingly crowded and huge, everything one could possibly need is there. I parked my bike outside and entered the stalls, the aisles, the shoes, bras, jackets, bedding, wires, teapots, stockings, towels umbrellas cups water filters speakers lights clocks rugs fabric pillows food tea brooms incense, shiny red decorations, paintings. All modern, no old kitsch at this market. and on a saturday you can believe there are a million million things and people. It's such a good feeling to be swept up in the mass of people, to be in China alone -
-(interrupted by yet another call to teach english) -
alone and on my own, unaware of myself because there's no one next to me to make me feel conscious of everything. No need to smile in admittance, no need to share, articulate. It all falls back on myself, deepening because it is not lost to someone else.
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