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One True Tree: Cantos XXV-XXVIII

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May 27, 2026
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One True Tree: Cantos XXV-XXVIII

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

XXV

But also so fevered suffers the king,
The halls of his palace with madness ring,
The herbs cure him not, the upstanding nurse
Retreats in confusion, under the curse
Her patient proclaims: he everything damns,
Then into his mouth foot and finger crams.
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