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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Mizzima Burmese photo essay/poem - The Urban City

http://www.mizzimaburmese.com/ Informal translation/summary.

For someone from the village the city is too tight, too dark. There must be a way out. There must be a hole somewhere.

Translation Kyi May Kaung I like the blocks and abstract quality of this essay.