Hometown Hero: Chapter 22

The Saga of Terminal City: The Complete Urban Epic

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Hometown Hero: Chapter 22

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

In Italy, the rule was: never work
with animals. Florid, dandruff-flaked actors,
with a penchant for peppermint liqueurs
and bull-banded cigars, would, at wine-bars
hold forth, the seventh of seven courses
disappearing into the gaping maw,
as out came related fatuities