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Port of Souls: Part 5

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The Spoken Whole
May 14, 2026
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Port of Souls: Part 5

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

“Is there nothing not under surveillance?
Can one not, in the entire cosmos,
Find some niche, find some godforsaken world
In which to do the dirty work left us?
Always hovering like a hump you are
Just outside, ready to fall on our backs
And ride us, exhaust us with …

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