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Riddle-Poem:

Not poetry but simple verse
Describes a dogsled as my hearse
And steamer as my crematory.
Ambiguously a ghost story
Or tall tale, my saga’s told:
In mad rush for Alaskan gold,
I never felt sufficiently warm
Till old Cap burned my frozen form.

Who am I?

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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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#mastoPrompt "Violin"

I borrowed someone’s violin
But realized the key it’s in
Was flat a single quarter-tone.
Though not ungrateful for the loan
I gave it back: superior ears
Cannot be burdened with their peers’
Prosaic chores. I’d just as soon
Return it rather than retune.

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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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