The Mangoes at Dusk

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Picture a small coastal town in the Philippines, just as the evening rain moves in. You weren't supposed to stop here — the bus broke down, the itinerary is already lost — but a woman selling mangoes beneath a tarp beckons you in from the wet street, and without quite meaning to, you begin to let go.