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The Black Bat: Cantos LI-LVI

A Supernatural Baseball Epic

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May 09, 2026
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The Black Bat: Cantos LI-LVI

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

LI

Ernesto shoots a look askance,
A peep towards the outfield wall:
A double-door there met his glance,
An iron slab, both stout and tall.
When all was done men and machines
Would issue here to mow the greens.
But first there came a booming bang,
A clang, outside, upo…

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