A Scifaiku Tanka published in Scifaikuest, May 2024

by

John J. Dunphy

A Tanka

“how would you like being called

‘the fuck machine’ ”

android prostitute replies

when her union rep asks

if she has any grievances

John J. Dunphy’s poetry collections include Old Soldiers Fading Away, Zen Koanhead, Touching Each Tree, pagan rites, Bullet Cluster, Stellar Possibilities and Dark Nebulae. He is also the author of non-fiction works such as Unsung Heroes of the Dachau Trials: The Investigative Work of the U.S. Army 7708 War Crimes Group, 1945–1947.