| Power outage! Suddenly, my computer
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| | it...I walk further...into the main
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| crackles and the screen blacks out. That
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| | shopping area and notice more
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| means I can neither write nor browse the
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| | flower-sellers as they push their wares
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| internet nor check to see if I have any
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| | into the faces of couples...they don't
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| interesting emails or Valentine's Day
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| | bother me...single men with beards have
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| wishes. I pull on my thick winter jacket
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| | no need for flowers on Valentine's Day,
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| and step out of my apartment. Might as
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| | they probably reason. I ignore them as
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| well go see the sights of Huainan on this
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| | they did me. Tat for tit!Crowds swell in
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| special lovers' day, I tell myself as I
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| | the prelunch hour as I stroll singing my
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| step out the door of my sanctuary.The
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| | song that no one seems to hear or
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| stairwell windows are frosted. I wonder
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| | understand if they do. I hope some pretty
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| if that means it's warmer outside than
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| | girl will smile at me and push her arm
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| inside. As I step out the glass doors of
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| | into mine. No one does...my song lies
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| the building that houses us guests I
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| | wasted like some flowers will
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| sense the balmy warmth that spring
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| | tomorrow...thrown onto the pavement
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| welcomes all life with. Yes, spring is in
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| | following a quarrel or whatever. At least
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| the air! I recall hearing the birds, the
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| | my song lies wasted without a quarrel, I
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| few that have not ended up on dinner
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| | console myself.Valentine's day seems to
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| plates and soup bowls, chirping excitedly
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| | be big all over China. They already had
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| to their mates. Perhaps, something tells
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| | their own and now have an extra one, an
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| them, too, it's Valentine's Day! I smile
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| | import. Well, I suppose, appetites are
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| to myself, thinking how many eggs will
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| | growing and celebrations need to keep
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| lie waiting in little nests atop branches
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| | pace with them. I walk on...until I find
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| a few weeks from now. 'Love is in the
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| | myself at the glass doors of the building
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| air, love is in the streets, love is on
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| | that houses me and my kind...I climb up
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| the trees...' I compose a song and hum to
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| | the four flights and enter my apartment.
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| myself. A few hundred metres away, I
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| | Power is back and, thankfully, it got
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| unzip my jacket - it feels hot inside
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| | there before I did, I think to myself. I
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| those padded jackets.Every few metres
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| | switch on the computer and wait as it
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| there's someone selling roses and
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| | hums and crackles back to life.I log onto
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| assorted flowers. I pass by a florist's
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| | a chatsite and wish everyone a Happy
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| and notice they have extended their shop
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| | Valentine's Day. No one responds, except
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| onto the pavement for the day and will
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| | one, with a 'where are you from?''My
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| probably overcharge every customer, too.
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| | mother's pu--y', I want to answer out of
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| Some flowers have the ends of their
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| | sheer pique, but desist. It's Lover's
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| petals dipped in silver and gold, adding
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| | Day! Perhaps, on a Lover's Day such as
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| sheen to the already beautiful...like a
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| | this, I was planted. 'Love is in the air,
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| sexy siren that paints her lips, darkens
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| | love is in the streets, love is on the
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| her eyelashes and adds some glitter to
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| | trees...' I hum to myself, 'love is
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| her cheeks and temples...They - the
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| | everywhere...but where on earth am
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| flowers look beautiful...and I touch one
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| | I...'Rajesh Kanoi (Jack) is a published
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| to see if it's real or fake. There's so
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| | writer, now living and working in China.
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| much fake stuff around these days. It's
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| | Many of his short-stories, poems and
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| real! I want to buy a few...but feel
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| | articles have been published, including a
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| silly buying flowers and strolling
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| | book of short-stories, 'Tales From China'
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| aimlessly around, a bunch in hand with
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| | (Lipstick Publishing).
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| no one to give them to and decide against
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