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Devil Bird of Dunne County: Cantos XVI-XVIII

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May 17, 2026
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Devil Bird of Dunne County: Cantos XVI-XVIII

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

XVI

The egg, the egg? Such a thing seemed unknown,
Not yet among them had its shell been shown,
Though straight Gilbert’s message to them had come,
Little impression it made on the bums,
For thick is the head when nothing it stuns,
And slow is …

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