Wake to bells from domed cathedral outside my window
\nNo Laundry at the Hotel! Directed to 10th and Race St.
\nWalking to the Laundry in China Town, cold ears don\u2019t warm easily
\nAsians everywhere\u2026 even the street signs are in Chinese
\nLaundry is through convenience store\u2026
\nMan behind the counter gives me change and soap
\nAn idle hour passes
\nLocal cast of characters wends their way through china town
\nAn old man waits for his clothes to dry and talks wearily to a young man
\nAsian mother folds clothes, then bundles child for cold
\nI follow suit with my clothes and buy a trash bag to carry it home
\nTake a different route home and stumble across a market
\nVendors hustling falafel to flowers, cheese to chow mein
\nBustling coffee shop is a cacophony of half-heard conversations
\nWalking back seems quiet, maybe empty\u2026 I want to stay outside watching, breathing
\nPhiladelphia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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