Articles written by M. Es Torrens

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About me - M. Es Torrens

Traveling the world with a taste for adventure,
rain pounds against the glass door.
An early fall.
The wind already bites your nose,
your cheeks.
Umbrellas will not do.
Standing in line at the kiosk for a paper,
I wonder why
I ever left the hotel
and the comfort of

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