SCIFAIKU
night on the town
my alien wife
changes her skin
-- Guy Belleranti
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star light
star bright --
super nova
- Carolyn M. Hinderliter
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museum of ancient technology
my child asks about
the gas pump
John J. Dunphy
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"...artificial intelligence..."
my new computer automatically deletes
"artifical"
John J. Dunphy
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fixing her bikini
the hot blond
with no belly button
Conor O’Neill
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secluded lake
space suits lie on the bank
aliens gone for a dip
Aurelio Rico Lopez III
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alien downpour
bring along your jacket
raining gips and trutles
Aurelio Rico Lopez III
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those new wedding bands
they fit so well
encircling virtually
~Angel Favazza
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repoed Condor wings
strapped on howler monkey’s back
altitude junky
-- Boeing Boeing, by WC Roberts
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Folded space unfurls before me
unfamiliar stars blink on
a new galaxy
DAVID GLEN LARSON
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morning sun blocked out
by rush hour sky traffic
a night bird is singing
LeRoy Gorman
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shadows burned
on playground walls
a rain of ash
William R.D. Wood
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Squeals of delight
Baby girl thrown high
Zero gee
William R.D. Wood
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there is a forest
on the moon
eight starships waiting
Kendall Evans
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black holes make good cover
for the universe-urchins
to play hide-and-seek
----- by Yunsheng Jiang
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atmospheric soup
stars' simmering distortion
“alien” message
-- Binary Atmospheric Messages, by WC Roberts
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don't monkey around
creating big confusion
evolution fits
Neal Wilgus
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laser ship captain
hellishly civil
after shooting me
-David S. Pointer
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