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Strongly Worded Letters
A protest rages outside a neighbourhood café while three friends argue about power, freedom, and the limits of polite resistance.
 • A.R. Wright
The Open Window
Set in postwar Paris, The Open Window is about observation, proximity, and the quiet moral weight of what we witness without fully understanding.
 • A.R. Wright
The Names We Give the Dark
A brief allegorical dialogue exploring how names, categories, and fear shape our understanding of one another—and what is lost when we mistake them for…
 • A.R. Wright
The Business of the Dead
What is sold as “in perpetuity” is revealed to be conditional, temporary, and transactional—where remembrance becomes a lease, and rest is subject to…
 • A.R. Wright
Sick Day
A perfectly reasonable excuse to do nothing
 • A.R. Wright
The Rule of Law
In a stark courtroom where authority is ritual and justice is procedural, a lone petitioner challenges the idea that equality can exist under the law.
 • A.R. Wright
Farewell to Riley
A simple poem on the rituals we perform for the dead and the simple truth that the departed have already slipped beyond our ceremonies.
 • A.R. Wright
ARWrighter’s Substack
ARWrighter’s Substack
Curated and written by A.R. Wright (my pen name), this Substack blends poetry, prose, parable, and philosophical inquiry to explore the human condition and our collective search for meaning, justice, and authenticity.
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