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Fast typing - "Chinatown Diptych"

Tyoe the 12/18/25 poem of the day by Jenny Xie in 2:50.
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The face of Chinatown returns its color, plucked from July's industrial steamer.
The face of Chinatown returns its color, plucked from July's industrial steamer.
Dry the cup! So we do.
Dry the cup! So we do.
Four noodle shops on East Broadway release their belches collectively.
Four noodle shops on East Broadway release their belches collectively.
They breed in me a hankering for family life.
They breed in me a hankering for family life.
Here, there's no logic to melons and spring onions exchanging hands.
Here, there's no logic to melons and spring onions exchanging hands.
No rhythm to men's briefs clothes-pinned to the fire escape.
No rhythm to men's briefs clothes-pinned to the fire escape.
Retirees beneath the Manhattan Bridge leak hearsay.
Retirees beneath the Manhattan Bridge leak hearsay.
The woman in Apartment #18 on Bayard washes her feet in pot of boiled water each evening before bedtime
The woman in Apartment #18 on Bayard washes her feet in pot of boiled water each evening before bedtime
But every handful of weeks she lapses.
But every handful of weeks she lapses.
I lean into the throat of summer.
I lean into the throat of summer.
Perched above these streets with whom I share verbs and adjectives.
Perched above these streets with whom I share verbs and adjectives.
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Faces knotted, bangs softened with grease.
Faces knotted, bangs softened with grease.
The East River pulls along a thread of sun.
The East River pulls along a thread of sun.
While Sunday slides in. Again, in those plain trousers.
While Sunday slides in. Again, in those plain trousers.
How the heat is driven off course.
How the heat is driven off course.
How one can make out the clarified vowels of bridges.
How one can make out the clarified vowels of bridges.
Who’s keeping count of what’s given against what’s stolen?
Who’s keeping count of what’s given against what’s stolen?
There's nothing I can't trace back to my coarse immigrant blood.
There's nothing I can't trace back to my coarse immigrant blood.
Uncles tipple wine on the streets of Mott and Bayard.
Uncles tipple wine on the streets of Mott and Bayard.
Night shifts meet day shifts in passing.
Night shifts meet day shifts in passing.
Sweat seasons the body that labors.
Sweat seasons the body that labors.
And in each noodle shop, bowls dusted with salt.
And in each noodle shop, bowls dusted with salt.
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