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Hometown Hero: Chapter 25

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May 14, 2026
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Hometown Hero: Chapter 25

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

In the empty camp of the stranded ships,
where tents yawned, and tablecloths—once laden
with skulls like clamshells cracked twain and drumsticks
of the thigh, honey-dipped—flapped windily,
before tip they do to unattended
collision with the ground; pylons on high,
a ha…

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