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Devil Bird of Dunne County: Cantos LII-LIV

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May 16, 2026
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Devil Bird of Dunne County: Cantos LII-LIV

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

LII

In mixed fisticuffs the battlers are zapped,
With legs set as stone, with rigid arms wrapped
Around yieldless necks, their eyes propped agog,
All still as the morning, stiff as a log
Which tilts in the forest, leafless and firm,
And no quiver…

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