island nature reserve
the last remaining zombie
splashes at the tide
carrion birds scatter
with each twitch
of reanimated flesh
detached
a scientist examines
zombie limbs
what happens -
when the ghosts at the end of time
find their way back to now?
pilgrim's station
this android
washing my feet
lifeless planet
a scarecrow planted by
missing terraformers
childbirth:
time to name the first star
at the foil of the solar sail
brushing dirt
from the tea bush root,
exposing ancient steel
a child drops violet petals
on the palms
of the robot Buddha
dew
behind the glass eye
of the android soldier
playful octopi
emerge & retreat between
space station circuits
desiccated mind slug
clings to a hamster brain
in a yellow jar
on a red planet,
a marine and a Burla beast,
haggard, after war
wedging a lever
against the galaxy,
and buying time
iridescent ice moon
-- white gazelles
leaping the cliffsides
entrance to waste processing,
kitten prints
glowing green
hover-kayak:
dragonflies
in the slipstream
Day of the Dead;
the required phonecall
to our unborn children
summer heat:
your brainslug
abruptly loses its grip
a rocket flaring
in the infinite blue sky;
the slow wings of a crane
satellite
a loose part tumbling
alongside its orbit
swamplands at dusk:
abandoned launchpads
in fields of debris
Florida beach,
a minibus stops
at an atomic rocket coffee shop
waiting unshaven,
his spacesuit halfway on
in the not-yet dawn
tranquil waters --
an aluminum bluebird
glides into the light
up late, studying
star charts, not listening
to the cat's whispers
robotics lab :
the electric eye investigates
a jar of squid
chilly dawn --
dew streaks
on the rocket nozzle
releasing octopus
in the tepid water
of Europan vents
after the rockets
depart ... a resistor
on the windowsill
mechanical woman
in a small bronze cage...
outside, thunder rolling
dawn...watching her
rub nanites
from the corners of her eyes
alien babies,
moonlight like breathless raindrops
serious children
scrape frost from the joints
of a war machine
ramship prostitute:
again spitting the copper taste
from her mouth.
neuronal stimulation:
young monk trades minds
with a sparrow
sunday afternoon
white skywhales drift above
a blue arctic sea
hydroponics bay:
a snail among stars
on the wide porthole glass.
mid-spring, anticipating
the imminent cloning
of humans
Bathing
her reptilian skin --
small bubbles on glossy green.
emerging
from our secret furnace:
the first android of the revolution
summer day
the shells of cryochambers
sweating
Low thunder...his wife
whispers hypnotic commands
to his dreaming id.
they say, 'hide your passions!',
yet I can't resist the roar
of rocketships
the nova
drowns out all screams
in oceans of light
Thru empty windows
of abandoned skyscrapers,
just a butterfly...
Lunar New Year
again the fear of laser attack
on these radioactive
wastelands of Earth...
the shrill cry of a loon
when I step out
for just a minute,
the modem dials on its own
cryogenics:
a light frost on her lips
colors shimmer...
a swarm of nanobutterflies
alights thru my window.
Laser fire!
In our robot war machines
we battle to the death.
birth defect:
he comes out kicking, screaming,
and invisible
after rainfall
aerobots glide thru the streetlight
then back to darkness
they come
in the season of a cold moon...
one star falls...then many...
late Europan thaw:
miles down, blooming kelp forests --
slithering fins gleam.
safe in a dark vent
as the creature passes
...until my watch beeps
eerie summer solstice:
hiding the little men
from my family
Sun rising over gas giant
Silent rocket passes
to terraform space beyond
Breaking the rules, I clone my wife
perhaps this time I'll keep her love
Crystal city
gentle tinkling of crystal crowds
Weightless I struggle with my tie
Midway between stars
Abandoned here for my crimes
dark
so alone
Thin air twilight
mildew remains the one sign
that humans came to a lifeless planet
Telepath
shudders as I pass
Metamorphosis
she scrapes off a dead scale
Exploring abandoned saucer
careful
not to disturb the eggs
We all got suspicious
when we turned out the lights
and Max was still glowing
Millennia pass
and I just watch
from my jar
More of my poetry, SciFaiku by Various Authors, The SciFaiku Top Ten and The SciFaiku Manifesto