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XXV. The Men Who Built the Sky.
"They didn’t save me. Not in the way that word is usually meant. But they gave me back the morning. A reason to pull the blinds. To let the light in."
Charlene Iris
Aug 75 min read
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XXII. Ethically Sourced Contrition.
What if your dining table remembered the forest?
This spoken-land acknowledgment isn’t ceremonial, it’s personal, physical, and deeply inconvenient. A poem that walks barefoot through the house, naming the cost of comfort, and whispering sorry to every floorboard.
Charlene Iris
Jul 242 min read
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XXI. I Am Not What You See.
To be watched is not the same as being seen.
A piece about visibility, misunderstanding, and the deliberate rebellion of withholding yourself.
Charlene Iris
Jul 233 min read
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XX. How To Suffer Politely: The Blueprints of Descent.
A soft-spoken reckoning.
A ritual for when the world comes calling.
Charlene Iris
Jul 162 min read
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XVIII. Things I Don't Understand: "Up" (Part I).
There are signs that point left. Signs that point right. And then there are signs that point "Up"... Without explanation, context, or the courtesy of being metaphorical.
Charlene Iris
Jul 123 min read
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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 83 min read
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IV. The Church of Self-Checkout.
A first date. A plate of fries. A spiral into the spiritual architecture of capitalism, tenderness, and credit limits.
Charlene Iris
Apr 35 min read
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III. Working the Loop.
A restless loop of almosts and stills: the raw pulse of becoming
Charlene Iris
Apr 21 min read
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I. Respawn: A Post About Choosing to Play.
For anyone who’s ever wanted to quit the game entirely—and decided, against all odds, to press start again.
Charlene Iris
Mar 214 min read
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Musings
Wander through the dusk-lit rooms of SomEpiphany.
A quiet archive: the tender, the tangled, the mildly ridiculous—fragments of life that insisted on being remembered.
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