Hometown Hero: Chapter 10

The Saga of Terminal City: The Complete Urban Epic

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Hometown Hero: Chapter 10

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

In camp, they feasted on a poor man’s skull,
untucking the bibs of their drab fatigues,
and thrusting in bevelled chisels, of which
they were issued in camouflage flight kits.
Arrogant pilots, who sparingly peeled
and split the bald skincap like bark or rind
of a swoll…