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90 Walmart with Snakes you have to wait until midday for the smog to lift above the sixth floor until then your eyes water anytime you look up or look at gray eddies slapdashing the harbor steps where tours crisscross in the commerce of patterns agreed upon centuries before chock-a-block high-rises penetrated the skyline—in Hong Kong the smog dictates what you see and do not see—the stench of Macau’s millions—rabbit warren housing hiding families per square inch—the anything for sale we-make-it-cheap while you wait— the newly opened Walmart advertising: Today Fresh Snakes Low Price too late to worry about the moo shu dish you just ate—the ferry run is on time and you are longing to be on the other side of the harbor—the other side of the border the other side of some place where breathing space is not the last item added to the shopping list ...

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