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APOCALYPSES: SCENARIO #267-590

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2 months ago

June 20, 2025

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www.texasobserver.org – Reyes Ramirez – 2025-06-20 06:30:00

air so cold breath rattles down my throat like a penny tumbling in

the cracked engine of a 2008 ford ranger going 75 on 45 with a broken a/c &

full of candles during an ice age exhaling 2 centuries worth of disappointment.

a loose spark plug coughs tufts of chromed grass. i figure that to be this cold

i must have earned it, like stepped on the crack that grew into the unbalancing

earthquake or burnt the last drop of coal needed to smother the earth’s

atmosphere with a black velvet blanket. the sun might as well be the innocence

of my childhood. what cannot be fled becomes appendage. i inhale, & snowmen

plot in the alley behind my eyes. i piss, & ice shuffles in a whiskey glass.

when i drink water, i’m a fistful of salt spreading on saturn, feet buckets of blood

beneath a butcher’s table. a shirt, black sweater, & flannel coat coax my organs

from resignation. i’m a seed sown in layers of wool, polyester, nylon, every memory

of soup burning tongue. i’ll drown in these blankets, te lo juro, full of heat

with nothing left to burn. i inhale ropes of rebar tumbling down a pink well.

i exhale a cloud of satin stalactites that disperse & outline my obsidian reflection.

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Note: The following A.I. based commentary is not part of the original article, reproduced above, but is offered in the hopes that it will promote greater media literacy and critical thinking, by making any potential bias more visible to the reader –Staff Editor.

Political Bias Rating: Center-Left

The content is a poetic and metaphorical reflection on environmental degradation and personal despair, which aligns with themes often emphasized in center-left discourse, such as climate change and social responsibility. While it does not explicitly advocate for any political agenda, the tone and subject matter suggest a critical view of environmental neglect, a concern commonly associated with center-left perspectives. The focus on ecological harm and personal impact situates the piece within a framework that leans towards progressive environmental awareness without overt political partisanship.

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www.youtube.com – FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth – 2025-08-11 21:58:55

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Israel targets and kills Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza as journalist toll grows

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