111420c

 

nanobots

Robbie commandeered

microcopter millions fly

102820e

 

So there was that movie in which worm-shaped things were moving under this guy's skin. They were swimming faster and faster. He was freaked out, but it didn't hurt. If I had painless worms swimming under my skin, that would be a cool thing to shock people with at parties. Of course eventually they were going to eat him I suppose. There is a downside to everything.

081220

 

the last vampire

tosses a rat aside

yuck!

061420

17 long years

sucking the blood of plants

cicada chorus

031820c

mind control
made it easy to manipulate elections
but the puppetmasters
chose their candidate poorly
after the virus
and the war
they were out of hosts
oops

102819b

Freeloaders

This piggy has 5000 fleas

They live on and they ride it

Each flea is home to trillions of

Bacteria inside it

Prokaryotes, albeit small

Aswarm with genes from viruses

So it’s a wonder our fat pig

Who's burdened with such multitudes

Can keep its feet, hold up its head

And doesn’t simply drop down dead.

Inktober 28th: ride

090419b

something stirs in your mind

did that trip to Vega really happen
are you really home at last

don't worry
something says
you'll never be alone again

112418c

Hitching Post

At first it seemed weird

folks carrying others on their shoulders

arms hanging down like scarves

(thoughtful riders made sure to match)

heads wobbling like a cud-chewing cow

glassy stares & drool

they can walk, can't they?

So many other questions:

squat or duck in doorways?

Turing card. Up to date?

Which entity hangs in the closet until use?

Which trades which in for a new model?

Now we've all got 'em

comfortably settled on antimacassars

on shoulders & crown

they reach the high cabinets
& shelves, so that's handy

stool & ladder sales hit rock

bottom

I'll never drag anything out from under

a bed or dresser on my own again

shoes last forever, or not long at all

but there are so many mouths to feed

and just the other day

an uncle got jammed up

lost his head.