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And this is a longer
prose poetry section,

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and I'll just read
a few excerpts.

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"Adventures in Shangdu."

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"Of Lucky Highrise Apartment 88.

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The contractors were
in a hurry to catch up

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with the rest of the
world, so they rushed off

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before they finished
building Highrise 88.

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So here is my apartment
without its last wall,

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gaping out to a panoramic
view of Shangdu's river.

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Across the river, all
the white-tiled factories

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hum anxiously.

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This hum of 2,000 factories
can inspire or drive you mad.

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Yesterday, a drunk
man and a suicide

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used 88's unencumbered views
to fall to their deaths,

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and now there are ads
for new roommates.

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I'm one of the few women who
live alone in this building.

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My last roommate
married as quickly

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as she moved in with me.

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I see her in the neighborhood,
pregnant and gloating, with men

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who fetch her footstools."

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