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Hometown Hero: Chapter 11

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May 14, 2026
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Hometown Hero: Chapter 11

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

In the workshop, Trilby Stash made a bed.
Under the vaults of hanging auto parts,
and within the walls of ribbed rubber tires,
she fluffed cold weather blankets, the kind stowed
in cars that foray into stamping sleet.
These she tucked into an old truck cushion,
the cus…

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