space scifaiku poetry
Lummox
apemen,
evolution’s toys,
slouching toward Betelgeuse
wine stain flecks
on the radar
rock us through the night
“Through almost a thousand years, new stars and
planets were explored, their resources tapped, worlds colonized, until
Man was spread across a thousand light-years of the galaxy, and Earth
became a minor planet of a minor sun. Throughout this long period of
expansion, peaceful relations were maintained, but as the year 4000 AD.
approached, growing rivalry and ambition among the powerful worlds led
to hostilities. With their declarations of war against each other,
Man’s first interstellar conflict had begun.”