What is a Science-fiction poem...?
(Published in Asimov's SF magazine, June 1999)
wanted@love.org
by Linda D. Addison
I peek you
do you peek me?
Let's lite a vid-cig
smoke filled with
reruns of black and white hits,
We could suck a tube
of movie reviews
colorful flashes on our retina,
Or inhale a bottle
of news bites
headlines snaking to our frontal lobes,
Why not open our spinal receivers
full blast
surf 10,000 channels together,
Or shut down all input
except our tongues
and touch once to overload our networks.
What is a horror poem...?
(Published in Animated Objects (Space & Time, October 1997))
Dark Vows
by Linda D. Addison
Your absence consumes my soul
pouring darkness over my days
slicing desire through the night,
I must remove all joy from your life
as you have removed
yourself from my joy,
Without you I have nothing
and will leave you
with nothing.
What is a fantasy poem...?
(Published in Animated Objects (Space & Time, October 1997), Annual Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (1998) Honorable Mention)
e-toy-oc, the trickster
by Linda D. Addison
Waiting
grey fur bristling
yellow eyes fixed
For those with eyes closed
to the uncoiling future
he dances from the shadows
slips unsuspecting lives
into oily darkness
with the promise of light
too juicy to ignore
Look there
his moist print on the smiling face
of a junkie's dream
built of wispy images
of wants fulfilled
pain fading into crumbled numbness
And there
in the painted bands
blue, pink, gold, red, purple in the sky
a gentle gift
for a woman who will not see
another sunset
Here
the successful lackey
making deals in a shiny suit of success
offers snowy dust
injecting slow death
into greedy nights
He is the cheap gold
in the green tarnished dreams
offered at corporate gatherings
the blood red liquid
in sparkling cut glass decanters
He is the flashy liar
who treats most harshly
those who wish to fool
the fool.
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