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The August Vampeer: Cantos XXVII-XXXII

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Jun 19, 2026
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The August Vampeer: Cantos XXVIII-XXXII

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

XXVII

What to say? There was a blast,
And the pillars, once held fast,
Were from root and mooring loosed,
As in pieces fell the roof,
Crushing victims with its beams,
Silencing their hopeless screams,
Both living and the undead,
Trapped in puddles poo…

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