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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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