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Set toward the end of this long poem, the song envisions “Cadres of humans talking to the streets … / Changing the frequency” and “Ghosts of the extincted ones coming after me.”
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2018
"Well, unless he's a howling liar from 'way up the crick, he extincted one of 'em," cheerfully commented Waldo, bearing his canned fruit to the cavern.
From The Lost City by Badger, Jos. E. (Joseph Edward)
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