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Neanderthalic Antics: Cantos XIII-XV

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Jun 09, 2026
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Neanderthalic Antics: Cantos XIII-XV

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

We appraised each other at this meeting,
In the cheerless canteen, my co-captives,
Amid the sheeted-off bunks, where we slept,
The sodden lounge of our aimless pleasures,
And the barred door, rigged with its shock alarms,
That kept—but who exactly did…

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