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Roger - I hadn't seen the similarity. Neat! & Patrick - it is simply the road outside. 'Lu' equals 'street'. Thanks for googling it - I feel ... googled. (Nothing sexual there, btw, Patrick.) Andrew On 08/02/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > "wet black bitumen" - very poundianesque! Excellent all round! > > On 2/8/07, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > *Sakura Hotel *in February > > > > looking out our 13th floor window > > > > see Kunming shining to the misty hills > > > > rooftops speckled with solar panels > > > > dusty cactus in pots on window sills > > > > glittery glass buildings > > > > wet black bitumen ribbons > > > > *Dong Feng Dong Lu* > > > > advertising signs six storeys high > > > > white chalk characters on pavement slabs > > > > before broken beggars > > > > thin bent woman balancing a pole of > > > > two bamboo baskets of bright red strawberries > > > > as the book-keeper > > > > balances his books > > > > *Cathay* yesterday** > > > > *People's Republic of China *today* * > > > > tomorrow … > > > > * * > > > > > > Some formatting may go out the window, and italics, but the gist of it > is > > there. (lu = street.) > > > > > > > > Andrew > > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > > > > > -- > http://www.badstep.net/ > "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/