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    Spectres of Saturn
    Spectres of Saturn
    Spectres of Saturn
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    Spectres of Saturn

    By Patrick Kilgore

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    "You who are utter filth, solitude, and ugliness. What do you have to say for yourself?"

    Spectres of Saturn is a collection of over 30 of Patrick Kilgore's best poems, examining sex, loneliness, the modern world, and more. With raw energy and stark language, Kilgore encapsulates the chaotic and contradictory nature of our increasi

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTerror House Press, LLC
    Release dateMar 5, 2021
    ISBN9781951897383
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      Spectres of Saturn - Patrick Kilgore

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      Copyright © 2021 Terror House Press, LLC.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means (whether electronic or mechanical), including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, events, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      ISBN 978-1-951897-38-3

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      LAYOUT AND COVER DESIGN

      Matt Lawrence (mattlawrence.net)

      Excerpts of this book were published, in somewhat different form, by Terror House Magazine. The author would like to thank Terror House for their support.

      TERROR HOUSE PRESS, LLC

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      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      This book of poems is dedicated to Allen Ginsberg, whose words fill me with bloodlust and ire and make me feel anger with such an intensity that is only otherwise reserved for myself and my loved ones. How wonderful it is that a man like you is currently rotting in hell.

      This book of poems is dedicated to Henry Miller, who first made me fall in love with prose. How unfortunate it is that a man like you is currently rotting in hell.

      This book of poems is dedicated to the death of postmodernism. You

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