Flowers Bloom from Bone Curses

He applies makeup to corpses, and disguises himself.

He comes to shoot a documentary, and to claim lives.

Chongqing in the fog, an underground boxing ring, a funeral home.

Two moles at the outer ends of their eyebrows, and several lives waterlogged beyond recognition.

Those who owe a face must give one back; those who owe a life must pay with one.

The camera does not blink, the morgue drawer stays shut, and the fog refuses to lift.

All they can do is meet at the seam between life and death, kiss once, then drown separately.

"He paints the dead as stars and drives the living into their graves.

The fog in Chongqing is so thick, no one can see who is making a comeback in whose skin."

Theme: The dead need an audience; the living need a curtain call.