"Fourmillante cité, cité pleine de rêves, Où le spectre en plein jour raccroche le passant!"
— Charles Baudelaire

January 1, 1970

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Ant-swarming city, city abounding in dreams, Where ghosts in broad daylight accost the passerby! — "Les Sept Vieillards" [The Seven Old Men]