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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 - Poetry

    Good Things Happen When You Smile, or When You’re Naked (The Gods Are Still High)

    July 4, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A goddess once worshiped for wisdom shows up barefoot, high, and half-naked, here to remind you truth isn’t polite, it’s primal.

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    Every God I’ve Met Was High: The God of L’s and Broken Beats

    June 29, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    He’s not saving souls, just lighting blunts and keeping the rhythm alive in a godless world.

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    Every God I’ve Met Was High: The God Who Loved Too Loud

    June 29, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    He was the patron saint of broken hearts and bong rips, showing up stoned with a lighter, a limp prayer, and nothing left to lose.

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Poetry

    Mirrors and Rituals

    June 29, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A raw, defiant, dread. Stubborn pride collide.

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    Every God I’ve Met Was High: The God Who Left the Bong Burning

    June 25, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A poem soaked in smoke, heartbreak, and divine indifference.

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    Every God I’ve Met Was High: The Gospel of Burnt Jukeboxes

    June 25, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Where gods crawl through sand and stardust, and the universe runs on scrolls.

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Poetry

    To the Last Fucking Breath

    June 23, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A poem had to come out, it did today. I feel fucking good.

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