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The Rain, the Gutter, and the Five Little Souls

Minimalist one-line continuous drawing of a mother dog standing protectively over five nursing puppies, symbolizing care, resilience, and the struggle for survival in The Rain, The Gutter and the Five Little Souls.

It was the kind of monsoon that wrote poetry on rooftops and carved rivers out of pavements. The sky often wore a thick shawl of grey and wept for hours.…

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