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Pop Song I: “At Home in Hong Kong”
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4 Pop Song I: “At Home in Hong Kong” Feet that paddle in the shallows Hands that sieve through slimy weeds Eyes that reflect the thousand lights Give but secondary sensations. The toes are booted The fingers are gloved Eyes are shaded. We talk of cultural vacuity, We also talk of flux and instability. The more sophisticated talk of inevitabilities, And thus to smooth all inconsistencies. Nevertheless we walk firmly Though we walk on stilts, Because we walk only Where stilts are safe. Schooled in our system of indirect transmissions, We run like clock work, And go on ticking till we stop on the dot. ...