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Welcome to Only Rook

This space exists to fracture certainty—not reinforce it. Truth is offered through layers—poetic, narrative, and analytical. Choose your lens.

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The Foundation is a Paperweight

What we call truth is often inherited ideology, passed off as structure. This dispatch dissects how belief systems are embedded in our upbringing and reinforced by comfort.

Question the Architect

A minimalist poem confronting the sacred structures we kneel to. Built to look eternal, but never built for you.

Wet Boots

Obedience has a texture. This poem explores the quiet weight of standing in place too long — until you begin to sink.

Why Do We Obey?

This dispatch breaks down how obedience is taught, rewarded, and mistaken for morality — and who benefits from that confusion.