The Ningxia Street night market is a jumble of hawkers and customers, the hum of propane burners, the clack-clack of spatulas in woks, and a thousand conversations.
legs dangling
from a plastic stool
a little girl
concentrates on her skewer
of candied tomatoes
Making our way through the crowd, we buy various types of flatbreads, oyster mushrooms breaded and deep-fried, kebabs and sausages.
on the altar
of a local shrine
an egg tart—
at last a god
to my liking
by Bob Lucky
Hangzhou, China
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