Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #21 December 2015 | Page 33
Science Fiction Haiku
burglars offer choice
death or open walk-in safe
unlock monster cage
By Denny E Marshall
huge Trojan horse fleet
disguised as Santa and sleigh
attack Christmas day
land on new planet
learn too late orb is hollow
surface paper-thin
edge of universe
ends gradually fold around
back to beginning
almost got away
with crime, forgot to delete
hologram witness
seashell from sky lands
hold to ear and hear rings of
distant galaxy
heard roar of rockets
you should not have hid under
the engine exhaust
television screen
delivery transporter
in alien house
donated can goods
to the local food bank drive
aliens left them
spaceship lands on Mars
aliens disappointed
leave and head back home
not an asteroid
on fast direct pathway here
earth-like size planet
aliens orbit
then leave unnoticed quickly
great fear of water
love large explosions
provided far, far away
making worlds and stars
genetic advances
new t-rex hunting season
expands to a month
aliens’ bold plan
of fixing all elections
is working smoothly
huge buffalo herds
triggers aliens to flee
cowboys take credit
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