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Saturday 19 September 2015

"A Letter to My Polyclinic GP" by Raksha Mahtani

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Labels: homophobia, JC, performance poetry, queer lit, Singaporean poetry

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Saturday 19 September 2015

"A Letter to My Polyclinic GP" by Raksha Mahtani

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