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degen3rate | writer
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Long-dead nightmare translator,
vessel of the primordial dream.

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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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#dark #DarkArt #DarkArtist #creepy #BlackWork #BlackAndWhiteArt
faces in waves of darkness
August 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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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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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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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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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When you look inside, it's empty.

#dark #DarkArt #creepy #photography #BlackAndWhiteArt
An old window with a white frame next to utter darkness.
May 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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mood

#original #photography #dark #darkart
a dark, foggy forest looming over a muddy road.
May 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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One of my unreleased shots from last year.

Taken from the peak of Brasstown Bald. The hike up in virtually utter darkness was spiritual, but we were hardly alone at the mountaintop observatory.

Stargazers are a brave sort of folk.

#moon #dark #darkart #photography #stars #sky #astronomy
The moon over the dark foothills of Appalachia in Northern Georgia.
May 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I'm a bit proud of how this baked French toast came out

It was like a super decadent, spicy, buttery, bread pudding with just the right amount of crunch

#foodie #food #foodpics #dessert #baking
Baked French toast topped with cinnamon and brown sugar streusel. The dessert is plated with a slice of butter, a sprinkling of powder sugar, and drizzled with maple creme syrup.
May 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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This kinda night.

Side note:
Loathe is back and they aren't playing any games

#metal #metalsky #deathcore #thall #THROWN #HLB #TPIY #Whitechapel #Loathe #YouTube #playlist #music
A short YouTube playlist including Thrown, Woe is Me, Loathe, The Plot in You, Whitechapel, and Humanity's Last Breath.
May 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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If you've ever lost someone dear to you... perhaps due to a mistake... a misunderstanding... an overstep... then you will probably know what this is.

'Mostly'

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#writers #booksky #poetry #poem #dark #darkpoetry #photography #love #mentalhealth
Bone white text on a dark red textured background. 'Mostly' I want the hole they left In my heart filled. I'm tired of looking back, Feeling the regret and sadness That I didn't understand them better. I want back the person I used to care about. But I know That person is dead. And the person Who is there now Is someone I am fundamentally Incompatible with. I don't know If they've been trying. I don't know If they're worse. I don't know And I think That's mostly what hurts.
May 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Unverified satellite imagery of the El Salvadorian prison, CECOT. Compelling and potentially terrifying, but what we do know is that people are already dying merely due to the conditions at the prison. Don't let this be censored.

#resist #CECOT #ElSalvador #3e #3r #revolution #ICE #censorship
Unverified satellite imagery of what appears to be a pile of executed people at the El Salvadorian prison, CECOT. The images were taken by google satellites, as indicated by the app used to view the image. "Unverified satellite image suggesting mass killings of the incarcerated at CECOT of El Salvador. It is reported that over 70% of individuals deported there are being held without having been offered any form of due process and were simultaneously guilty of no crimes. Many deaths are already known to have occurred at the prison, and the conditions have been reported as inhumane, inhospitable, crowded, and unsanitary. Regardless if this image belies the truth, we should be doing everything in our power to protect our neighbors and to oppose the illegal and unconstitutional actions of the administration." White text over a black background.
April 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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#3E #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyone #Athens #Georgia #GA

Athens, GA
Protestors at the Athens town hall, with a "support ukraine poster in the middle" protestors gathered to oppose the Trump administration A wide angle shot of the sky, athens town hall, and protestors with a "resist fascism" sign in the corner early protestors starting to gather at Athens town hall, with a sign holder in the center that says "no one is above the law"
April 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM