Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 39 (September 2003).
Chitinous mandibles chittering
all six black eyes glittering
he scuttled into the dingy bar
and set the she-bugs a-twittering.
With pheromones enticing
he looked to them like icing,
amazing how your life can change
after a little gene splicing!
At the genetic forge of Duon III
DNA is altered easily —
save up enough galactic creds
you can be whatever you want to be.
Poem © 2003 by Robert Cameron Hazelton
Artwork © 2003 by Patrick Stacy
