Devil Bird of Dunne County: Narrative Verse

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Devil Bird of Dunne County

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From an egg Gilbert raised the strange creature,
An egg most odd, of archaic feature,
One laid in a coop by everyday hens,
Yet such was its contour, beyond the ken
Of local farm-boys they brought it toute suite
To Gilbert’s study, and there with gas heat,
Among the beakers and scalpels…