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    Homeward

    By Xander S. Lee
    September 21, 2020
    The world was shrouded darkness, save for a single fire that continued to burn and crackle even as the man fell asleep next to ...
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    Institution – Free-Verse Poem

    By Xander S. Lee
    August 20, 2020
    veins distended and muscles taut the pressure mounts upon my head and my skull caves in black thoughts swirl and unfurl my tongue madness ...
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    Modern Haiku – Vol. 1

    By Xander S. Lee
    July 27, 2020
    1. sunlight pours  through a curtained window – he sighs 2. she moans: her skin sweats in summer’s heat 3. she rubs  her abdomen ...
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    Our Gods, Our Husks – Free-Verse Poem

    By Xander S. Lee
    July 13, 2020
    the cold eyes of envy placed upon thee to shiver in the veins and arrest thy heart, thy steps in thine place strips of ...
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    Part II – Free-Verse Poem

    By Xander S. Lee
    June 29, 2020
    a twist in your gut marks this violent path a heartbeat taken a breath driven out his smile shadows your memories and the blood ...
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    Survivor’s Pledge – A Free-Verse Poem

    By Xander S. Lee
    June 15, 2020
    darlings, remember, the dark shapes hiding in the night friendly enemies fornicating your good nature they peek out from under your bed, creep beneath ...
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    The Lost One – Part Two

    By Xander S. Lee
    May 18, 2020
    Kelgen sat with his legs crossed on the edge of the dead forest where he found Jethus. Branches like twisted arms wrestled in a ...
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    The Lost One – Part One

    By Xander S. Lee
    May 4, 2020
    Kelgen stood amidst a dying forest, barren in the coming autumn, and looked up. Jethus hung by his neck from the branch of a ...
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    CreativityParenting & FamilySelf-Help & RelationshipsEnvironmentFictionHome & GardenTravelScience & Technology

    At Journey’s End – A Short Fiction

    By Xander S. Lee
    April 20, 2020
    Adrift in the cold empty of space, white dots twinkling amidst the black, a ship floated as a carcass would down river. Its single ...
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    Parenting & FamilySelf-Help & RelationshipsFictionMemoir & AutobiographiesHome & GardenLifestyleCreativity

    Burn Memory Burn

    By Xander S. Lee
    April 6, 2020
    A dying fire burns in the hearth, grey smoke unfurling and twisting into the open air. Dust particles alight beneath the breaking of a ...
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