new line of androids & other poems

by

John J. Dunphy

Published in the Spring 2023 issue of Starlight Scifaiku Review

new line of androids
the Florida model comes with
a peeling tan

android hairdresser
asks if she can touch
her customer’s baby bump

restaurant
android server shows a rude customer
his union card

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.