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“Lunar Eclipse” by Wi Seon-Hwan

JibrilFriday, April 1st, 2016Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

Extending a finger, my uncle raises it to one eye. Squeezing both eyes as he headed to the reservoir, he held a drenched full moon in his water-filled stomach…

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