added by Jonathan Simcoe · updated 2y ago
The Plunge
- You forgot it for years while you lived in the city. But here it is: that one day in July when it storms but the water is lukewarm and you tumble inside the waves. You lose yourself in the sensation of being a body submerged in another body. Your back against the concrete pillar under the pier; the waves cresting, crashing over you—you can do this ... See more
from Swimming in July by Henrik Karlsson
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Tokyo Bay was a black expanse where gulls wheeled above drifting shoals of white styrofoam. Behind the port lay the city, factory domes dominated by the vast cubes of corporate arcologies.
from Neuromancer (Sprawl Trilogy Book 1) by William Gibson
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