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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Poetry

    Reentry Wounds

    August 1, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A poem scraped from the edge. About falling, freedom, and the scars we wear like medals.

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Politics

    The Workers Are the Revolution That Will Never Come

    July 30, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Anarcho-syndicalism could’ve saved us. But we’re too selfish, too scared, and too far gone.

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    The Second Ladybug

    July 29, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A poem for the messengers that crawl in when no one else can reach you.

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    Stand with Duane: Support His Cancer Fight

    July 28, 2025 - By Duane

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    Chemo Day 5: How I Took Control of My Cancer Terrain and Came Back to Life

    July 27, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Ketosis, fasting, RSO, and the protocol that’s rebuilding me from the inside out.

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    Have Passport, Can Travel. Also, Fuck This Place It Reeks of Pedophiles

    July 27, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    After cancer, I’m not sticking around to save a country that doesn’t want saving. I’m chasing life, not permission.

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    The Cancer, The Cure, and The Con

    July 27, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    What Fighting for My Life Taught Me About the American Healthcare Racket

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    Smoke, Honey, and the Goddess in the Café. The gods are still High.

    July 27, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Aphrodite’s anarchist sister, a joint, and the kind of love that leaves claw marks.

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    Gratitude Is a Fist, Unclenched

    July 25, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Thanks carved from scars, silence, and survival. No candles. Just the wreckage and the will to rise.

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    Thank you. Everyone.

    July 25, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    I need to say this.

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