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Hometown Hero: Chapter 9

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May 14, 2026
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Hometown Hero: Chapter 9

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

The ostriches were unsettled tonight.
Their squinting heads, and hatchet beaks swiveled
to many corners of the floodlit field,
where between the electric barriers
an avian society rooted
in distant deserts was transplanted here.
Where once predators applied nudging for…

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