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The Planet’s Tale: Narrative Verse

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May 23, 2026
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The Planet’s Tale: Cantos I-V

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

I

On the ridge, the spaceship crashed,
Occupants would soon be ashed,
By the intense, oil-fed fire,
Consuming it, fin to spire.
Out there stumbled, licked in flame,
Suit in tatters, feet half-lame,
Howling with the fear of death,
Insides cooked by heat-seared b…

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