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allan
Senior Member
since 2000-04-09
Posts 620
On the road

0 posted 2000-05-23 12:10 PM


Mixed colours sparkle briefly
through Forward Screen
Heralding Arcturus' suns

A friendly greeting then
from this our latest port

We come to gather fresh blood
New followers for the fold
"Passengers" for our glorious ark

Drifting now to land
grey, tense and uninspired,
gazing listless at the dark...

                      -ö-

Through 'Screens'
to Central

All in order
"On you go..."

And out to the hordes
'same in every sector
relentless motion
& search for survival

A soft smile to one another
The same old game
played once again.

"It's too easy" Bored.

"Don't worry. 'Over soon.
We'll drink their best tonight."

Liquid pulse thought electric
faster than starlight flicker
A group of five
drift easy, close behind
Tagged now in instant melding
"One-Two-Three and A-B-C..."

And so home free.

"Leavers"
Positive okay. Good. Goodbye
Starfire. Flick up.
Away.

                      -ö-

Smiles all round.
Relax. Feet up.
A cathedral of stars light Forward One.

Halo on halo we sit

in shadows of silver.

"...sweet stuff..."
"Mmm.. Nice design..."
"Blackberries and green marmelade..."
"Yeh, and pumpkins fresh from the field..."

Silence falls.
The ship hums softly.
Smiling,
incisors palely flicker.

5 ghostly stars
dance slowly on each one.




[This message has been edited by allan (edited 05-23-2000).]

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Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
1 posted 2000-05-23 07:31 PM


Great imagery Allan!!  I really enjoyed this visional read    Good work  

 I'll tell you this...... No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.....
~Isis~
(Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit)



Joel the wolf
Senior Member
since 2000-04-06
Posts 1333
Angels Camp
2 posted 2000-05-24 01:24 AM


Very interesting, great imagery, like travling.

Joel.

 I howl a mournful song, that echos within my chambered heart, for all to read? nay for all to feel.

allan
Senior Member
since 2000-04-09
Posts 620
On the road
3 posted 2000-05-24 02:06 PM


Thanks both! I'm really pleased you liked this - I wasn't too confident about it!

I put it together yesterday. Today I was still in a Sci-Fi-ey mood so this tongue-in-cheek number transpired. (Just for phun)    

A Planet Eats Itself!

** Flash! **

Big News!
See the Barbarians!
Laugh your antennae off!

Your reporter can hardly contain himself
Such a strange race has been found!
What they find, they eat!
You just have to see it!

The Time Nexus shows
for 3 million years
they lived just like us.
Respecting themselves, their planet.
Then Zow! See them eat!
It's a hoot!

They scurry each day to and fro.
They call it working!
Then buy all this krek
with the stuff they get!

You have to see it!
But, try not to laugh!
These poor primitives
have caught some terrible disease.
And must be released...

Catch this InScan while you can!
Laugh, groan or learn!

AVAILABLE 'TILL 3rd SettingSun!

Tune in then for Planet Flash Erasure!
(Molecular Dispersion Meditation to follow).
Should be a great show folks!

And now we return you to your
scheduled broadcast of
"Honeymoons in Hyperspace"

     Enjoy!



[This message has been edited by allan (edited 05-24-2000).]

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