introverts
see behind the masks
of others

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#introverts
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Oppressive

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-136a-175e-53c0-fc6970173048

Oppressive

Not even the night
breathes, waiting for summer storms
to shatter darkness.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

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They tried to set up
barricades against freedom
light blocked the shadow

#MastoPrompt
#wall
#dailyhaikuprompt
#shade

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#poetry
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#writing
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Freedom at the Beach - Aobram

(The legalization of the first nude beach in the Netherlands in 1973 met with considerable resistance and commotion among conventional communities and old fashioned people)

shaved ice in the shade
will still liquidate itself
prescience puddle

#dailyhaikuprompt Shade Ice
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Distraction

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/27/distraction/

walk back from climate?
it's not like cartoon physics--
closing eyes won't help

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Night Lives

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-136a-161b-b575-18e977588780

Night Lives

Alone in darkness,
where stillness reigns; yet the sound
of traffic, outside.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

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