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Shin Yong-Mok (신용목)
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“Backcountry Metaphor” by Shin Yong-Mok

JibrilTuesday, July 16th, 2013Friday, October 28th, 2022

Like an amputee’s discarded leg,I’m lying down.Somebody closes a window. The passing sky overhead resembles bloodstains on an empty ICU…

Recent Translations

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