111919b

"Don't eat the daisies," the sign said,
Johnny did and dropped down dead,
when he'd safely been interred,
we thought that was the dernier word,
in the spring a daisy tree,
grew from the plot where John was laid,
I guess his juices have been made,
into this thing that all can see,
downwind of us its seeds will go,
and Johnny with them? I don't know.

101819b

Twin planets
revolving around each other
in a common orbit
are home to a single intelligent race
In that five-sun system
a giant "moon"
fills the sky
at all times

Everyone on each world
is hirsute

Terrans were surprised to learn
that the ambassador and staff
looked just like you and me
most of the time

102918b

backtracking  through the years
you eventually find your grandmother
Sweet 16
don't do it, Bub
these things never turn out well
but time travelers don't listen
they think it's never too late
to fix whatever

111917b

toxic solar-power spill
skin cancer out the wazoo

103117

An Unseasonal End

Summer's machete end
blows in
death to warmth
seemingly forever
in the long non-electric night

061816b

A Plutocrat's Dream

If the lower classes excreted

valuable biochemicals,

were sessile, mindless,

and dependent on us

for vital nutrients,

aaah, wouldn't that be great?

030816

Thousands were employed

generating static electricity

cats loved it

and the unemployment rate

dropped to historic lows