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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 14h

6/6
©Akira Ash ©Helena Kate Rene, PhD
@AkiraAshSatires @AkiraAshMusic

If it moves you, repost it.
Let the rain travel. 🌧️

#SaturdaySoundtrackWave #Lofi #Blues #CrownCityBlues

AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 14h

5/6 Listen: CROWN CITY BLUES ▶️ youtu.be/a1etA39XByI?si=… Read: KEEP-UP ▶�½� https://bsky.app/profile/akiraashsatires.bsky.social/post/3m33keblgfgfs2k Both play in the same key — rain, music, and me#AkiraAshMusics#CrownCityownCity

AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 5d

Keep-Up

©Akira Ash ©Helena Kate Rene, PhD

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 15h

4/6
Let the rain do what words can’t.
That’s Crown City Blues.

#CrownCityBlues #SaturdaySoundtrackWave

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 15h

3/6
It’s a slow sunrise in sound — one you feel behind the ribs.
Soft rain, tape hiss, and that ghost of electric blues that never really dies.

#SaturdaySoundtrackWave #AkiraAshSatires

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 15h

2/6
The Drop

This week’s drop is Crown City Blues — a Jimi-inspired daybreak.
Swung #Lofi drums, rain-on-tape, guitar bending toward light.

#CrownCity #CrownCityBlues #JimiHendrix

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 15h

1/6
Akira Ash Saturday Soundtrack Wave™

By ©Akira Ash ©Helena Kate Rene, PhD

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Listen: CROWN CITY BLUES ▶️ youtu.be/a1etA39XByI?si=…#AkiraAshSatirese#AkiraAshMusicic

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 15h

Akira Ash Saturday Soundtrack Wave™ By ©Akira Ash ©Helena Kate Rene, PhD The Drop — Crown City Blues 🎧 Listen to “Crown City Blues” ▶️ youtu.be/a1etA39XByI?si… via @YouTube 📖 Read the story “Keep-Up” ▶�½� https://bsky.app/profile/akiraashsatires.bsky.social/post/3m33keblgf #CrownCityBluestyBlues

AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

THE HOLLOWS — RAINMIRROR (ONE SEAT)

Here’s a short cinematic clip (Scene 3 — EXT. RAINMIRROR DOCK) humid light, slow machines, and a boy who trades his name for someone else’s seat. Rendered with #Sora.

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By ©Akira Ash ©Helena Kate Rene, PhD

AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

THE HOLLOWS — RAINMIRROR (ONE SEAT)

Here’s a short cinematic clip (Scene 2 — INT. HOUSE OF WORK) humid light, slow machines, and a boy who trades his name for someone else’s seat. Rendered with #Sora.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

THE HOLLOWS — RAINMIRROR (ONE SEAT)

Here’s a short cinematic clip (Scene 1 — EXT. RAINMIRROR POND) humid light, slow machines, and a boy who trades his name for someone else’s seat. Rendered with #Sora.

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By ©Akira Ash ©Helena Kate Rene, PhD

AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

FORM I-NDICT — CARRY PERMIT (AMERICA)
☑ inked fingertips ☑ borrowed anthems ☑ double shifts ☑ kindness (legal tender, unlimited)
Experiment still in progress.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

i carry your indictment with me (america)

©Akira Ash ©Helena Kate Rene, PhD

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

10/10
i carry it because i remember the girl,
the man, the nurse—each keeping the light alive.
you are the experiment we refuse to abandon.
may we be kind again. (knock on wood)

#LightStillMatters #AkiraAshSatire @theatlantic.com

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

9/10
you stacked the courts, the odds, the truth—taught the mob to call itself holy.
the dome cracked; statues wept marble dust.
and still (i carry your indictment with me).

#AmericanElegy @penamerica.bsky.social

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

8/10
you stared down a plague: “ratings are up.”
sold masks like souvenirs, weighed the body count against midterms.
you left paris—then left again—called the air a socialist,
and watched the forests burn.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

7/10
you silenced the jokers, too—
the ones who made us laugh to keep from screaming.
late night went dark; the comedian who dared the king
found his stage padlocked for patriotism.

@thenewyorker.bsky.social @poetryfoundation.bsky.social #DemocracyInVerse

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

6/10
the house kept losing; the dealer was you.
you priced the tourist’s smile at four hundred,
sold the welcome mat for scrap.
the visa line stretched like an algorithmic breadline.
you called it integrity.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

5/10
you called it reform. the world called it betrayal.
you raised tariffs like ramparts—still the ghost-ships came.
you named it war; it felt like addiction.
each deal another pull on power’s slot machine.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

4/10
you built a sky-high tollbooth at the gates of your future—a $100K visa for those who dream in code.
Indian engineers under fluorescent dawn, hands full of brilliance, pockets full of debt.
you said: let @Google pay their ransom.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

3/10
you turned democracy into a brand deal—
the swamp rebranded as “exclusive access.”
the rich got richer; the rest got rules.
every promise backed by venture capital.
your gospel became engagement metrics.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

2/10
the blueprint of possibility inked in bone—
but now your mirror hums in rosé-gold static,
and your reflection buys its own applause.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

1/10
i carry your indictment with me (america)

By ©Akira Ash ©Helena Kate Rene PhD
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america—you were lightning in a bottle, a dare whispered into the ocean’s mouth.

Akira Ash

Akira Ash. 2 likes · 7 talking about this. New Yorker + Sedaris Bite + Psuedocode. Drops at 11am (EST) @AkiraAshSatires on X, Threads.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 1d

i carry your indictment with me (america)

©Akira Ash ©Helena Kate Rene, PhD

🔗 BlueSky: @AkiraAshSatires
🔗 FB: facebook.com/akiraashsatires
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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 2d

THE HOLLOWS — Rainmirror (One Seat)

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#DocumentaryCodedFiction #AkiraAsh #WritersOfBlueSky #LiteraryNoir #MythicRealism #CrownCity

Akira Ash

Akira Ash. 2 likes · 9 talking about this. New Yorker + Sedaris Bite + Psuedocode. Drops at 11am (EST) @AkiraAshSatires on X, Threads.

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 2d

10/10
Lever man: “You sure?” “I’m the boy who shows up.”
Green tries to mean it. Her wristband blinks HLLWS.
I walk home one letter light.
Names grow back different when you use them for someone else.
#AkiraAshSatires #LiteraryNoir @kenyonreview.bsky.social

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AkiraAshSatires @akiraashsatires.bsky.social · 2d

9/10
Registrar behind church glass: “Transfers cost letters.” “Take mine.”
She steals the A from NATHAN — leaves me NATHN.
Lanterns glow O O O; the machine tries to clip an O, the tin disagrees.
#DocumentaryCodedFiction #MythicRealism

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