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  • Published 20241105
  • ISBN: 978-1-923213-01-2
  • Extent: 196 pp
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I was reading Shakespeare on my phone & then

this rose started blooming   in front of me   as if embarrassed 

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Dominic Symes

Dominic Symes is the author of the collection I Saw the Best Memes of My Generation, published in 2022 by Recent Work Press. He...

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