SCIFAIKU

Two Legs Came                 

Two Legs came, preaching

"Seven Legs, worship my God!"

His bones wail flute-prayers.

Thane Thompson

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Rogue stars - ejected

From the Milky Way

By black hole bouncers

Robin Mayhall

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Stars shimmering under water      

Thalassian anemones

Dorine Ratulangie

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“Survey Team”

A thousand questions

For this planet’s populace       

The dead answer not

~Justin Bohardt

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Android emotions

Tears                              

He shorts out

-William Landis

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he thought the portal

had failed—until he noticed 

stop signs were all blue  

F.J. Bergmann

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my retirement party --

the most expensive present from     

my android replacement

John J. Dunphy

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