They came silently, and stayed, and left silently, and silently new cars took their place. It was like an automobile show, except it wasn’t lit, so you didn’t get much benefit. I did manage to see something, though, because I secretly crept past some of the cars. In each car, there was a man and a girl getting all tangled up. My father drank gin, and remarked: ‘Love in the USA.’ And there was me thinking they were trying to kill each other. One time an older man got out of his car, but without wanting to go swimming. He just switched off the headlights of his car.
[Child of All Nations, Keun, I.]
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