China

the energy, the glass,
the morning fogs,
the energy, steel, steel,
concrete and more steel.
Steamed buns, spit,
the vibrance,
fuck sleep, do away with it,
the energy,
the memories erased,
sticky chopsticks,
the lust,
the energy,
just no room for anything else
but luxury goods.

the haven, the dream,
my cowardice, my disquiet.

the alternate beauty,
the otherworldly reality.