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#SciFiPrompt "Ancient"

Behind the veil we pull the strings,
With secret handshakes, signet rings,
And ancient ritual initiation.
The governments of every nation
Have members in their highest ranks.
We own the land, control the banks,
And you can see our influence still
In symbols on the Dollar Bill.

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Yesterday I did some composition #doodles for the second #StrokeOfScience prompt "Death". My idea is to depict storing data in DNA as a way to mitigate "data death" after a TED talk I saw on the topic. This is also fitting for yesterday's #SciFiPrompt DNA!
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#SciFiPrompt "Space Elevator"

With cable and a counterweight,
I transfer goods, deliver freight,
In two directions: up and down.
And at my base, a booming town,
Beneath a sky of orange and bronze,
Is founded on Pavonis Mons,
Whose height and place along the equator,
Make it ideal for a space elevator.

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#SciFiPrompt "Goblin"

While possibly an allegory,
My poem tells a children’s story,
Critiques the mores of the times
With vivid and irregular rhymes,
Alludes to lust, forbidden fruits
And flesh force-fed by groping brutes
That’s purchased in a plethora,
Refused by Lizzie, craved by Laura.

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Asteroids were mined for the minerals needed to feed FTL engines. This one had been closed, a dud. But one of the miners had smuggled a stone out, an inch long chatoyant gem the likes of which Finn had only seen once before, in the heart of an astronavigation AI.

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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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