Notes from Whampoa
after rainI write from a flat above the coffee shop, where the balcony rail holds washing and the river is a twenty-minute walk if the lights cooperate.
Short notes kept in the margin of the day.
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Memos cover coffee downstairs, river walks, bus windows, evening rituals. One memo recalls wet sirens near Outram in late 2025 without badge or headline treatment.
The catalogue sorts notes by weather headings — before, during, after rain — because Whampoa taught me to think in showers.
What the Streetlights Did Not Say
Chin Swee Road from my side of the wet light.
Six in the Morning, Downstairs
Low Tide by the Flats
A Window That Keeps Fogging
The Kettle Clicks Twice
The margin is where the day keeps its honest fragments.
Whampoa evenings smell of coffee from the shop below and rain on the rail.
These memos are written for the margin, not the marketplace.
The river walk and the stairwell tiles appear often because they are honest landmarks.
Whampoa evenings smell of coffee from the shop below and rain on the rail.
These memos are written for the margin, not the marketplace.
The river walk and the stairwell tiles appear often because they are honest landmarks.
Whampoa evenings smell of coffee from the shop below and rain on the rail.
These memos are written for the margin, not the marketplace.
The river walk and the stairwell tiles appear often because they are honest landmarks.
Whampoa evenings smell of coffee from the shop below and rain on the rail.
Whampoa evenings smell of coffee from the shop below and rain on the rail.
These memos are written for the margin, not the marketplace.
The river walk and the stairwell tiles appear often because they are honest landmarks.
Whampoa evenings smell of coffee from the shop below and rain on the rail.
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