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The Black Bat: Cantos LVII-LXII

A Supernatural Baseball Epic

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May 09, 2026
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The Black Bat: Cantos LVII-LXII

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

LVII

“I ain’t your buddy, nor your friend,
I’ve no idea who you are.
And if you to me would commend
Some girl,” Jake sniffs, “Then har-dee-har.
For everyone that I might bed,
The morning puts her out my head.
They hang around, they call, they cry,
For me they pest…

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