The Alien’s Sweat by John J. Dunphy
Jun 30, 2022
MY WORK IN THE STARLIGHT SCIFAIKU REVIEW, SUMMER 2022 (ISSUE #2)
gym
the alien’s sweat
glowing
sperm bank
receptionist greets
the first alien donor
barbells floating
our space station’s gym
set to zero gravity
my DNA test
a distant ancestor
not of this world
moonlight walk
my blind date’s hand
suddenly furry
disgustingly ugly!
my shipwrecked crew and I meet
our first Earthling
John J. Dunphy
John 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.