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The Pouch: A Poem

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May 05, 2026
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The Pouch

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

In my pouch curation be,
A worthy, homespun remedy.
What say ye squire, is it a bird?
Perhaps a melon cut in thirds?
If not an ointment, squeezed from rinds
Which you in a market find.

Or is it words scribbed in a script
That nonsense into magic flipped?
Abracadabra, will it bring
Exchan…

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