The Planet's Tale: Cantos XXII-XXVI

Narrative Verse

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The Planet’s Tale: Cantos XXII-XXVI

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

XXII

They with hootings of alarm
At him rush, intent to harm,
But once in proximity
Him unburning in flames see,
And in this they recognize,
Not some lurker to despise,
But a hero long foretold
In old stories, which they hold
In a big, time-battered book,
I…