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Hometown Hero: Chapter 18

The Saga of Terminal City: The Complete Urban Epic

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The Spoken Whole
May 14, 2026
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Hometown Hero: Chapter 18

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

A fine grime dusted Terminal City.
On the wind there were flakes that seemed like flesh,
and soot that blew like ash cremated from
open cemeteries. Everywhere flecks,
of other material, clogged the throat,
and these, when hacked up, showed on kleenex as
dissolving fibe…

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