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“Deep in the Night” by Shin Dal-Ja

JibrilThursday, January 22nd, 2015Friday, October 28th, 2022

When I cry, why aren’t you there?Swallowing my tearsthis hungry night,I sought you.But you had disappearedfrom my darkened face. Loving…

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