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Riddle (revised):

The moments after I begin
Are signals of my origin
Recorded in the starry sky.
They’re distant and detected by
Your instruments of observation
As cosmic background radiation
And patent evidence of the
Initial singularity.

What am I?

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Riddle:

My whole life had conditioned me
To hide my deep duplicity,
And I’m a man of many faults.
So I procured rare chemical salts
And mixed them with a red solution.
Now, to reverse my devolution
I must restock my workshop shelves
Or lose both my conflicted selves.

Who am I? (Or, who are we?)

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Riddle:

I’m father’s choice, but mother dotes
On you. She bid you kill two goats
And serve them up to win his blessing
Impersonating me and dressing
In their skins. You’ve been at my heels
And cooking up deceptive meals
Since birth. My due now goes to you…
I sold it for a bowl of stew.

Who are we?

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#MastoPrompt "Eve"

She plucked the fruit, and nibbled a bit.
She offered me. I tasted it.
We each then took a bigger bite
But somehow felt it wasn’t right.
We ate it anyway… and now,
Repeating rows, I push the plow,
Forgetting fast my world before…
And whatever happened to the core?

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#SciFiPrompt "Airlock"

Betrayal is the worst of slights…
Fluorescent days and tinted nights,
We sailed toward this distant sun.
It’s no cliché to say no one
Can hear you scream in outer space.
The perfect murder leaves no trace.
Say you’re sorry. Say it! Or…
I’m opening the airlock door.

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