“After lunch, mother and daughter sat outside on the porch to talk men. From where the world starts to where it ends, when women start to lament men the sun could drop from the sky and they would not realise.” MenWomenMothersLamentDaughters Book:A Girl Is a Body of Water Source: A Girl Is a Body of Water
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