Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Predatory things of the century (№ 375850)

They stood at intersections, crowded under the street lamps, angular, smoky, leaving on the sidewalks placer spitting, cigarette butts and pieces of paper from sweets. Nervous and deliberately melancholy. Thirsty, constantly looking around, stooped. They badly wanted to be like the rest of the world and at the same time, assiduously imitated each other and two or three movie stars.