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MAP (1) by Ye Chun
1.Niujie, Beijing When the earth shakes, hunching grandma picks me up, cousin’s uneven leg shadow-puppets the window. The sky lowers like father’s raincoat till the old lady carried out by her son
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FOR BLOCKED AFFECTIONS by Sarah Johnson
A cold flux of the humors can produce heaviness in the tissue, which leads to a blocked affection. The resulting fluids pool in the feet, causing sluggishness. The effect of spirits and devils on this disorder cannot be overlooked. Their natures are various, and their motives obscure. I had a spirit who gave me good…
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MR. BOSWELL PEELS AN ORANGE by Sarah Johnson
My wife’s marmalade is the best I’ve had. She peels and crushes the oranges herself, and for days the house smells of oranges’ beaten golden pulp. Under her persistent hands, the fruit submits. It becomes a vivid concentrate, textured with rind. Stored in jars, it will keep for months.
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