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Long-dead nightmare translator,
vessel of the primordial dream.

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · Aug 31
ANNOUNCEMENT:
A goodbye written over a dark field of stars.
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
A goodbye written over a dark field of stars.
August 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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'Call Them'

(read freely here)
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#poetry #poems #photography #dark #writing
""I'm fine" If you ask me that question again, I'll think you really care, and you're going to hear a terrible thing or two that might ruin your day. "Don't worry about it" I'll worry about it instead, and probably all week— Wondering what I did wrong, or what I could do so that you don't ever have to hear me apologizing again. "I’ve got a lot going on" Beneath all the labor of the year, I am busy trying to convince myself to kill myself. So, I ask for your patience, as I am also busy trying to convince myself not to kill myself. " . . . " I had to put the guns away. I sat in the dark for hours without realizing. I don't remember when I last showered. I broke down and cried on the floor again. I have been fantasizing about death. I need help." as a pale text over faces in the dark.
August 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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'Distance is in the Eyes'

(read freely here)
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#poetry #poems #poet #poets #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #BlueskyWritingCommunity #WriterSky #photography #beautiful #clouds #sunset #dark #death #love #life
Distance is in the Eyes (a poem about love and death)
I used to think he loved the birds and dreamed awake of the stories from before.
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August 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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#dark #DarkArt #DarkArtist #creepy #BlackWork #BlackAndWhiteArt
faces in waves of darkness
August 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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The pursuit of truth, meaning, fulfillment . . .

Does it not carry a cost?

'Voice'

(read here)
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#poetry #poems #poet #poets #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #BlueskyWritingCommunity #WriterSky #photography #dark #DarkArt #DarkArtist
Voice (a poem)
Trailing colors The light dances Just out of reach
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August 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Now that I'm a serious writer, I never leave the house without my:

a) fancy wood pen with fancy wood foldy case

b) tungsten carbide-tipped, screw-sealed, full-steel body, tactical pen

#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #writing #pens
a) a wooden pen and case. b) a black steel pen. Both are on a wooden background.
August 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Cleaned some cobwebs out the corners of the archive. Had to crack the ol finger bones and break out some CSS, but I'm happy with it

(changes literally so inconsequential, bonus points to any brave soul who can even tell what's different)

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#web-development #WriterSky #Writing
The Archive of The Degenerate
You have been expected.
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July 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Burning one for the Prince of Darkness.
black and white photo of ozzy osbourne.
July 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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#poetry #photography #dark
"I don't know who I miss more between them and the person I used to be" as a white text over a trail in a dark foggy forest.
July 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Dream
July 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Zapped the active post tags on my blog from +600 to ~70... maybe Google will stop yelling at me now

I think it's mostly for indexing and page ranking, but I guarantee my SEO manager WILL come up with another creative way to waste an evening of mine...

#web-development #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
July 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Domain verified.

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#Bsky #web-development #WritingCommunity #BlueskyWritingCommunity #WriterSky
a screencap of a profile for Degen3rate that proofs their domain verification.
July 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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if i stop i will die if i stop i will die if i stop i will die

'Sharksleep'

#photography #writing #WritingCommunity #BlueskyWritingCommunity #WriterSky #poetry #poems #poet #poets #dark #DarkArt

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a dark texture which the following poem is overlaid: ‘Sharksleep’ I have heard that sharks might die Of suffocation when they still. To no end do they wander or try And anchor against the current’s will, In search of places they may lie. Lately, When I settle down For rest well-deserved, I feel that I am drowning. Am I a shark?
July 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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losing in a fight against
your own body and mind

'Bedrot'

#depression #MentalHealth #depressed #dark #darkart #writing #WritingCommunity #BlueskyWritingCommunity #WriterSky #poetry #poems #poet #poets #darkartist #creepy #photography #NaturePhotography

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A dark purple forest with a poem overlaid that reads: 'Bedrot' Monday morning. Staring at the conversation, I come up with my reason Of why I won’t be showing. “Get up, damn you.” Paralyzed by all the choices, Pillow clamped over my head, Trying to drown out the voices Saying, "I wish that I were dead." "I am no one's special person." Does it matter the fire dwindles Or that it’s slowly killing me, If the truth is really That I am truly alone? "Nobody needs me." That's why I'm in here, And they're out there. "No one cares about what's happening." The world demands the energy, Of those who face the light of day. The world asks nothing of me And seems not to care if I stay. "Nobody will notice if I'm gone." Lost beneath the crushing wave, I embrace the gentle dark That asks only hours of me, Half-sleep sweeps the body away. "Everyone would be better off without me around." Trapped by a tangle of sheets, Buried until evening I lay Curled in the shaded halls of my mind, Where at least the noise is held at bay.
July 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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what do you think is in the space between ?

#photography #abstract #BlackAndWhiteArt
a photograph of waves of abstract layers of glowing fabric and shadows
June 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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don’t let them in. fuck ice. fuck fascists
a black and white illustration of 4 ICE agents standing at the other side of an open door. They are silhouetted except for their glowing eyes and bared teeth. The text reads “our dire investigations had led us here. danger is everywhere - it is best to comply. may we enter?”
June 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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it is fine to get lost in this wide journey

#photography #PhotoOfTheDay #NaturePhotography #landscape #TravelPhotography #beautiful #fog #dark #DarkArt #creepy #poetry #poems

(to get lost for a bit, visit my eyestrain-friendly archive)
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a tall, dark forest of thin trees wrapped in fog.
June 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Something alights the way.

#photography #PhotoOfTheDay #NaturePhotography #landscape #TravelPhotography #beautiful #sky #trails #travel
A monochrome sun over a path, surrounded by dark bushes.
June 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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The quiet push of a distant storm

#photography #PhotoOfTheDay #NaturePhotography #landscape #TravelPhotography #beautiful #clouds #storm #storms
a storm front over foothills in the distance, pushing over a golden plain. a single sign sits in the center of the photo.
May 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Shorelines and ocean horizons of Hawaii

#photography #PhotoOfTheDay #NaturePhotography #landscape #StreetPhotography #TravelPhotography #beautiful #clouds #beach #Travel #Hawaii #ocean
a shoreline arc of a green sand beach, taken from a tall cliff in Hawaii A golden sand beach and ocean view from Hawaii, split with the sky Deep blue waves crash upon a verdant shore of Hawaii White capped waves break on a black sand beach in Hawaii
May 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Washington is a beautiful state.

#snow #photography #PhotoOfTheDay #NaturePhotography #landscape #TravelPhotography #beautiful #clouds
a half frozen lake in the mountains of Washington State.
May 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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If only you saw the world as I do

#photography #PhotoOfTheDay #NaturePhotography #landscape #TravelPhotography #DarkArt #DarkArtist #HorrorArt #creepy #horror
a blood red forest of dark trees and fog
May 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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a photographic cover I took back in February

#photography #PhotoOfTheDay #NaturePhotography
a worn axe on a forest floor, with a bright red flower resting on the side of the head.
May 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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A horrifying meditation on the deceit of power, society, religion, and masculinity--a desperate, unrestrained scream into the void that brutally renders the invisible yet systemic mutilation of our humanity, autonomy, and identity

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#DarkArt #horror #poetry #epic #poem
Red (a narrative horror epic)
Hooks to my teeth It pries open My mouth Chills rattle Down the base Of my skull To the marrow Of my sacrum
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May 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Writing pro tip:

There's no "correct" way to write. Really, there's just a million "wrong" ways to write. The more flaws you remove from your work, the more resonant it becomes. Focus on what you're doing wrong, not what you "need" to do.

Cut the noise; you'll find your voice.

#Writing #WriterSky
May 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM