Author: M.Hatter
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In the Yellow Maverick
Out on the open road,a young boy, should’ve been in school,instead, a passenger,riding down highways from one trouble spot to the next. We always left just in time,before shit hit the fan,before we made long-lasting friends,before report cards arrived,before we got comfortable,before we called it home,before we felt ashamed of who we were. We hit…
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Joe
Joe was a boy of 12, big for his age,they sure did make boys tough back then. His head was as large as a basketball,greasy hair parted on the left,swooping down, covering one eye.A scar on his lip made him look meanand deranged. Oh yeah, the jury was split on old Joe,right down the middle.Half…
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Echoes of Hiraizumi
In the heart of Japan, Hiraizumi stood as a testament to time, its temples and gardens whispering tales of samurai valor and ancient rituals. Rie’s ancestral home, a sprawling traditional mansion, was nestled on the outskirts. This house, with its paper-thin walls and wooden corridors, held a secret: a forbidden song that could unlock the…
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Tragic
The truth, so bitter,Provokes nausea, churnsIn your gut, a scenarioThat could have been bypassed. Vitality, entirely squandered,Did you presumeI’d remain in the dark? Those who place their trust,Find their beliefShattered by thoseUnfit for faith. Falsehoods and manipulationsOf reality have morphedInto the contemporarySermons, cloaking theGenuine truth. Furious, you seekThe culprits, andThey smirk backRight into your eyes.…
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My son, I love you
A tale to tell of the man unknown, Lost to the world, to hardship thrown, In the veiled market of scant regard, In the shadow cast by life so hard. An orb of light, his heart’s sole crown, A son, his life’s profoundest town. In the echoes of giggles, the patter of feet, He finds…
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Broken
I am fundamentally broken In the hush of a thousand midnights, Underneath the star-pricked cloak, I confess to the silent cosmos, “I am fundamentally broken.” In the mirror of my soul’s reflection, There are cracks too deep to mend, A mosaic of shattered memories, A tale too fractured to end. In the orchestra of existence,…