[Illustration: “Natsuko” © 2006 by Romeo Esparrago.]
Spatters of pure oxygen
Poisoning us, bubble-hard
Then comes the sweep cycle
–methane never smelled so good *
About the Author: Arun Ahuja is a science fiction writer with an MS in biomedical engineering. His piece “Pomposity Penalized” won Editor’s Pick in the University of New Mexico’s magazine.
Poem (c) 2006 Arun Ahuja helioray@netscape.net
About the Artist: Romeo Esparrago lives on a gas giant and is therefore super-cool.
Illustration (c) 2006 Romeo Esparrago
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I really like this poem.