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Dengue Fever by Alex Sinclair

March 11, 2022December 15, 2021 literallystories2014

Buddha hates us all. And he hates me the most.

The little statue of Buddha I keep in my pocket, the one I stole from the pagoda, stares through me into the next life.

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