I don’t know why I thought of Trishanku today – the mythological man who wanted to visit Heaven physically but was stopped by the spiritual realm. If I were Trishanku, what would I choose in this zero-gravity situation?
Like a celestial being, a saucer comes flying and encircles me with its airy, invisible tentacles. “Let go”, I plead, but it retaliates with counter-questions like Why, How and Where, which seem pretty irrelevant in this part of the Universe.
This is not a Black Hole. This is a research lab where I’ll likely be a nameless guinea pig or carry a tag like Specimen 555 of the Earth, by the Earth, but not for the Earth. How could I’ve been hauled here otherwise? By an inexplainable quirk of fate, as Earthlings would say. The author of Destiny stares down at me.
omnipresent rays
why probe my non-descript life?
silent stars observe
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A great take on the “I was abducted and probed by aliens” trope, Reena…
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Thanks, Frewin!
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Isn’t it safer than being abducted by humans? 😀😀
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A chilling tale, Reena. I really liked the haiku.
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Thank you so much, Nicole! I learnt for the first time that there is something called Scifi Haiku.
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The earth as an experiment in school perhaps
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Probably yes, for other planets.
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How can we know lol?
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😀😀
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Very nicely done, Reena.
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Thanks so much!
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You are welcome!
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Very intriguing story
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Thanks 😀
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You’re welcome
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An alien abduction story, with a rich, philosophical tone. Well done, Reena!
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Thank you, Frank!
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Being sample… what a destiny… but maybe slightly better than simply being sustenence
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Certainly 😀 Nobody wants to be fodder to others.
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I like the way you created the setting in your sci-fi haibun, Reena, and revealed the narrator’s fate as a specimen in a research lab. I especially like the haiku.
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Thank you so much, Kim!
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