The West's Awake

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The Diary of a Broken Down Corner-forward.

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May 31, 2022
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I have been writing on this platform for seven months now and I’ve wanted to start something of a conversation with the people that flicked open their wallets or purses and entered their credit card details to subscribe to this publication. I’ve never been quite sure of how to begin that dialogue without disturbing the flow of content accessible to everyone. Until now. As of tonight, the gang of criminally insane numbers 125 with roughly another 4,000 email subscribers. However, in this first edition, I want to talk about the effect the first subscriber had on my writing.

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