Sketchbook card: a mackerel fillet skin-side up on a small plate, a bowl of rice, hand-lettered 食時 In Season, 19 Aug
Sketchbook card: two stars joined by a thin line for 七夕, hand-lettered Too tired to want anything light
Sketchbook card: five small doodles — mackerel, salt, daikon, lemon, rice — each with a wobbly label and arrow
Sketchbook card: fish skin crackling over a flame, tiny oil droplets, hand-lettered Not cleansed. Fed.

夏日蝉语 · Cicada Weather

Twelve days after Liqiu. Still hot.
The pan loud. The fish skin tight.
Salt. That was the whole plan.
Ate standing up, I think.
Outside, a cicada. Still going.

处暑还没来。
蝉叫。
鱼皮绷着,盐是直的。
米饭很热。
吃完了,窗外还是那样。

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