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The Dead Nest: Cantos XXXIX-XLVII

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Jun 18, 2026
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The Dead Nest: Cantos XXXIX-XLVII

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

XXXIX

The king and queen vanished then,
Underneath the jellied hen,
When the ape-thing thrust that cap
Up upon his shrinking nap
Of dung-streaked hair—was transferred,
In that moment, to the furred
And former prat, headship all
Of the forest and the fall
Of …

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