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Neanderthalic Antics: Cantos XXII-XXIV

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Jun 09, 2026
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Neanderthalic Antics: Cantos XXII-XXIV

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

But no he is not the remnant left bright,
Some few of us still are in our disguise
Of Neanderthalic antics and rags;
I am not the last, as I had measured,
Some others who in the days of seizure
Themselves examined, and nursed some bother
Or duty, hav…

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