Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001).
The Birth of an Alien
SciFaiku by Romeo Esparrago
MOTHER’S REFLECTIONS
Nine stellar cycles
Case hardened exo-belly
When’s my baby due?!?
GOOD NEWS
Everything there?
Yes, It’s got blue skin, three eyes,
ten twingers, ten froes.
LACK THEREOF
zap my energies
celestial infant’s cries
zero-level sleep
DIAPER CHANGE
Greenish Betelgeuse!
Nebulous supernova
splashes my tentacle!
Poems and art copyright 2001 by Romeo Esparrago
Made on a Titanium G4 PowerBook running OS X.
Note: Romeo’s son was born human in late March 2001.
