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Friends Fall Out: Chapter 7

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May 13, 2026
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Friends Fall Out: Chapter 7

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Of darkness, the creature is unafraid.
The creature does not hear the far-off drip
of water, insistent like a mallet.
It does not recognize pain, the creature,
nor spitting object when it’s called monster,
for monster it is, and always has been.

The creature is bound…

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