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Friends Fall Out: Chapter 20

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May 12, 2026
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Friends Fall Out: Chapter 20

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

On the face of a clock, Harry Shields stood
with toes of flesh again, and wrinkled hands,
not a trace of clay about his pink tones.
A bright swirl of colour, gilt numerals
deck the edges of what is a sundial,
but whose upright gnomon casts no shadow;
for above the a…

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