Gated Community

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Certain things the neighbors do, I don’t want them on my property, but we’ve got to try to keep it to ourselves because that’s what keeps the HOA aligned. We get our discreet night watchman to simply take our husbands home, so what happens in our gated community stays inside our gated community. Last night Reverend Belson’s flock, heard them chanting near my balcony. Then I hear the song that leads to ritual sacrifice. I don’t call the cops, I only say, “Sir, my lawn is not your churchyard. Kindly go across the street.” So what happens in our gated community stays inside our gated community. The crowd was in the neighbor’s yard when the fire there began to burn. Listened to the anguished screaming of the chosen one as I sipped my coffee on my porch. Happy I avoided conflict, and I don’t gotta clean that up. Oh, what happens in our gated community stays inside our gated community. It’s a perfect day in our hideaway.

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from Charles the Obtuse, released May 15, 2023

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Charles the Obtuse Los Angeles, California

Hello, my name is Charlie, but for this project you can call me Charles the Obtuse. I also sing in Oblivz and Fox Japan.

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