At the shopping mall the gleaming signs invite every human appetite. Just Jeans and Gloria Jeans; Burger King and Donut King— nameless humans fill the echoing spaces until their faces begin to seem familiar to one who reads; among the leads and cables and computer accessories George Seferis stands patiently in line at JB Hi Fi; and just nearby the unmistakable features of James Joyce in Farmer’s Choice can be glimpsed among the stacked, looming shelves. It is not their selves, of course, that drift about like bubbles, but living doubles …
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