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Old Friend

By Abel McLennan: Born in Guilin, a small city in Southern China riddled with beautiful limestone mountainous landscapes and untouched rivers, Gui is a 65-year-old labourer who lives entirely out of his van, and has been for the last five years. The Toyota Hiace he...

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Poems and artwork: Dream, Thought, Water

Poems and artwork: Dream, Thought, Water

By Abel McLennan: DREAM Sometimes in our dreams we are somebody else But it doesn’t matter They still counts as memories Often introducing sweet savour not found in reality     THOUGHT Have you ever seen a wild thing sorry for itself? No social quota to...

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