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Devil Bird of Dunne County: Cantos XL-XLII

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May 16, 2026
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Devil Bird of Dunne County: Cantos XL-XLII

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

XL

The rabbled group gaped, and this strained to learn,
Could ambition theirs for more than booze burn?
Or were they forever doomed to be dumb,
A compendium of staggering bums?
The frog-king agreed, at least in his tale,
‘Twas no going back, and …

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