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Friends Fall Out: Chapter 3

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May 13, 2026
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Friends Fall Out: Chapter 3

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Heavy lineaments of clay has the gloem.
He’s oven-baked: hard crust which overlays
that inner egg-shell, a magical pouch
which is fenced ‘round—the soul’s sequestered there.
Defender, by right, of the ghetto pale,
from dirt raised by rabbis wise to forestall
the arme…

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