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The Evil Eaton: Narrative Verse

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

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Apr 27, 2026
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The Evil Eaton

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Let us imagine there had been,
An evil Eaton, little seen,
Back in a room, among the dust,
Where ancient heirlooms pock and rust,
There it schemed and plotted vile
Some wicked wiles to inflict while
His brother Tim, the greater one,
Who honest measured tod and ton,
An empire lay on stately streets,
W…

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