A crown of sonnets from Romeo Esparrago I. Launch We were the first to rise. None came to find us. July of nineteen forty-six: the sand, a captured rocket with the war behind us, a can of fruit, a seal, a giant's hand. The fire bore us up beyond the blue to where the sky gives out, and then was done; the … Continue reading Poem : Untouched by Radiation
from Romeo Esparrago I. Residuals Mara Castellanos found the problem the way most problems are found: by refusing to accept a number that was merely good enough. It was 2031, five years afer the James Webb Space Telescope paper, and the paper was still the most-cited thing ever written about Neptune's inner moons. Everyone knew … Continue reading Story : The Clays of Proteus
In twenty-three twenty-six, beneath a neon sky,My bionic father drove where silver hovercars fly.From Neo Reno’s towers to Neo Sunnyvale’s glow,His autonomous cruiser hummed along below. But halfway through the desert, with a sudden fearful frown,He said, “Son, I need a stop—I must put this vehicle down!”He found a gleaming rest stop, all chrome and … Continue reading “The Towel War of 2326” by RomeDome
