Hometown Hero: Chapter 24

The Saga of Terminal City: The Complete Urban Epic

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Hometown Hero: Chapter 24

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Rupert Robbington readied his shotgun.
No graphite-stocked, police issue was this;
instead, a hand-hewn family heirloom,
once used for clipping rabbits and mule deer
in the days when wild creek and marsh ran through
Terminal City. From thence, Rupert came,
with the gun…