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Phil Kaye – “Surplus” (100K Views!)

Posted on January 14, 2017

“I am not a strong boy, but I am trying to learn what it means to build.”

Congratulations to Phil on topping 100,000 views on this touching poem. Check out more of Phil’s work here, here and here.



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