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    Astronaut: A Collection of Dark Poetry
    Astronaut: A Collection of Dark Poetry
    Astronaut: A Collection of Dark Poetry
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    Astronaut: A Collection of Dark Poetry

    By Cole Blackhead

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    A collection of dark poetry representing mental health showing the feeling of depression, anxiety, rage, and isolation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlackhead Publishing
    Release dateApr 23, 2024
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      Astronaut - Cole Blackhead

      Table of Contents

      Winter

      City of Nightmares

      Starstruck

      Frozen In Hell

      Dark Lights

      Me vs. Them

      Dry Ink

      Surfing with Art

      Poet Tree

      Baby Fire

      Long Street

      Moon Man

      She Kills

      Hamster

      Grudge

      Mr. J

      156th

      Dying to Live

      Midnight Run

      Ironic

      Hard Times

      Arson

      Rage

      Flashlight

      Moving House

      Moving House II

      Wildflowers

      P.M. Walk

      Foreign Hope

      Soul-dier

      Outcast

      Mirage

      Again

      Loud Silence

      DayDream

      Bruises

      War

      Circus Freak

      Out of It

      Lost Kids

      Express Train

      Dead Clock

      Tall Hairs

      Beheaded

      Silent Killer

      Senses

      A(void) Me

      Dreams

      Wall Talk

      Survival

      H(eel)

      Arson II

      ASTRONAUT

      Copyright © 2024 by Cole Blackhead

      All rights reserved.

      This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Winter

      I can't move.

      My feet,

      frozen.

      Chosen, I am.

      I’m chosen to suffer…

      …carrying…this…

      whatever this is,

      inside of me. Three

      …two…one,

      action.

      Nonstop horror.

      City of

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