Best Outre Poems

the daughter of a miller abducted, exiled, held 
locked as prisoner didst bawl
achingly, effusively, indubitably murmured plaintively 
quite riotously didst call
out for help, when stalked with facing john deere reaper 
with nary a blues clue how to drawl,
a gentle southern twang the heap of straw,...

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A Russian Mystic Outré

Mystical-Strannik  
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
A charlatan to many
A prophet to some.

His hypnotic effect
Incomprehensible
His eyes uncanny
A saint to none.

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
July 18, 2018 (Double Dactyl)...

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