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Hometown Hero: Chapter 29

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May 14, 2026
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Hometown Hero: Chapter 29

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Once in Italy had they gifted him,
Ernie Doomstamp, a zinc-plated heirloom:
constant lighter on whose side engraved was
the heraldry of some hoar papal home,
and worn smooth by hands of anti-fascists.
This he flickered and brandished alongside
the trenches of Satan tha…

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