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[sid] => 8632
[catid] => 1
[aid] => Mick
[title] => KINGSTON MARKET
[time] => 2002-12-15 19:30:00
[hometext] => I RECALL QUITE VIVIDLY MY EARLIEST SOJOURNS TO THIS ALMOST MYTHIC PLACE. IN MANY RESPECTS I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT THE MARKET IS A METAPHOR FOR LIFE.
[bodytext] => A LONE VOICE SCREAMS HALF OFF EVERYTHING
AS I MANEUVER MY WAY THROUGH THE SEA OF SHOPPERS THAT HAVE ENCOMPASSED ME. CHAOS HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE HERE, AND YET THE EBB AND FLOW OF BUSINESS SEEMS UNINTERRUPTED AND BRISK. SECURITY PATROLS KEEP A WATCH ON PROCEEDINGS AND PROVIDE FLEETING REASSURANCE TO DAUNTING SOULS. MY EYES CATCH A VERY QUAINT STALL, THE VENDOR QUOTES PRICES IN LOCAL AND FOREIGN CURRENCY; A PURCHASE IS MADE AND I MOVE ON. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS EDIFICE THAT BECKONS AND REPELS ALL AT ONCE? THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS AS I JOINED THE THRONG LEAVING. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 242 [topic] => 38 [informant] => Cedric_Napti_Walters [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Tributes )
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