12. Poetry by John J. Dunphy
alien travel agency offers & other poems
alien travel agency offers
tours of a dying planet —
Earth
Earth cave paintings
alien tourist points at
an ancestor’s image
a T- Rex!
I quickly readjust
my time travel coordinates
expired passport
I am denied entry to
Mars Colony 6
The Wizard of Oz
our android house servant
bursts into tears
on seeing
the rusted Tin Man
John J. Dunphy
John J. Dunphy is proud of the fact that he is one of scifaiku’s earliest poets. In other words, he’s both talented and old. Published collections of his scifaiku work include Stellar Possibilities, Dark Nebulae and pagan rites. He runs The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, Illinois, USA. Online here.