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At the Brink of the End of the World: Narrative Verse

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May 28, 2026
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At the Brink of the End of the World

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

I

In the crucible of the stakes, he crawls,
While elsewhere, other monsters cast their bawls,
And the air resounds with preyed-upon shrieks,
Those who succumbed to this fortnight of freaks,
Of flares in the sky, of black and blood suns,
While scattered…

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