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“Bird” by Shin Dal-Ja

JibrilTuesday, January 27th, 2015Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

For you, I was a bird. Unable to speak, only cry. A pitiful bird with no one to understand me. And each day, to make my wings ache I flew to all the places you traveled…

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