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XV. Don’t Watch Our Alien Movies.
The aliens came for insight. They left clinically depressed. A darkly funny monologue on observation, spectacle, and socks with Crocs.
Charlene Iris
Jul 7, 20253 min read


XIV. Ode to Chicken Wings.
Twelve chickens. One plate. And the haunting begins. A surprisingly spiritual dive into a late-night chicken binge.
Charlene Iris
Jul 6, 20252 min read


XII. The Coral Halls.
What secrets lie beneath the reef’s shimmering surface? Dive into a poetic exploration of underwater politics, hidden alliances, and silent dramas .
Charlene Iris
Jun 28, 20252 min read


XI. The Velvet Dark.
"If the world bruises you blue, I’ll still be here. Tea warm. Light low. Quiet enough to hear you."
Charlene Iris
Jun 27, 20252 min read


X. A Hush That Hums.
I sip the hour. I taste the air.
Not every day glows, but most days hum.
This is a piece about those days.
Charlene Iris
Apr 13, 20251 min read


IX. To Old Friends, Part I: Memory.
I don’t reach for the past, but it finds me. Like an unsent note in a jacket pocket, still folded. Still warm.
Charlene Iris
Apr 11, 20252 min read


VIII. World’s Okayest Prophet.
Between obscurity and brilliance lies a quiet tension: a standoff between doubt and reverence. This piece explores the messy, human grind behind genius, one voice note about pigeons at a time.
Charlene Iris
Apr 10, 20253 min read


VII. The Woman at Union Station.
She turned back for me. Helped me carry what I couldn’t. A quiet kindness, in the chaos, that I’ll never forget.
Charlene Iris
Apr 9, 20254 min read


VI. The Tyranny of the Silver Lining.
What lining? Not every storm clears. Not every ache transforms. Sometimes, pain just stays. And that's not failure.
Charlene Iris
Apr 8, 20253 min read


V. Attached to Some Ducks.
A quiet ritual. Some winter ducks. I didn’t mean to get emotionally attached. But I did. And then they were gone.
Charlene Iris
Apr 6, 20252 min read
Musings
Wander through the dusk-lit rooms of SomEpiphany.
A living archive: the tender, the tangled, the mildly ridiculous. Fragments of life that insisted on being remembered.
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