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2022-06-15 18:49:30 By : Ms. Moira Wan

DIGNITY ON A PATCH OF ASPHALT

‘WHATEVER GOD HAS FOR US, YOU’RE GOING TO GET’

ANOTHER ROUST, ANOTHER SHELTER, A NEW HOPE

DRIVING THROUGH GHOSTS OF HIS PAST

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