Oh, dear, he thought as the figure slowly became two. He quickly dialed the doctor.
“The results aren’t quite what we expected. What’s our plan B?”
Experimental Treatment
Category: Shapeshifting 13
War
The human body,
Inherently vulnerable,
Soft tissue fed by miles upon miles of
Bloodstream,
Capable of healing…
To a point.
But points of shrapnel
And falling rubble
Pierce and damage
Body and mind,
Creating orphans where civilizations once stood.
What’s at the End of the Tunnel?
Two lights meet.
“Hey! I thought this was the end.”
“So did I.”
New Meeting Room
“It’s the color of the mind!”
Nobody heard. They were home nursing migraines.
Picnic of the Gods
“That ambrosia was to die for!”
The gods laughed as they settled in to watch the sunset.
“Anyone got a Mento?” said Dionysus. Ares tossed him a pack.
Dionysus poured the whole thing down a crack in the rocks. Boom! The group cheered as lava exploded out and oozed into the sea.
Science
“The river is blood!” the townspeople cried. “The end is here!”
They locked themselves securely in their homes.
As if that will help, she thought. She unlocked her lab. There had to be a logical explanation.
Feng She (Shui)
The chi flowed freely through the house, though he was afraid to move.
The Crepes of Wrath
As cereal swirled around them, the Toads patted their swollen wheat bellies and grabbed their insulin, then waved their last goodbyes to their former life. The prospect of all carbs forever sent them westward toward the promise of fruits and greens. As they turned toward California, the TV flickered a sad goodbye.
If Only
She traced the words etched into cold granite – Sam Jameson, 1989-2016. A cello was engraved below. He had been such a clown, balancing on that ledge for her entertainment, fine cellist fingers stretched into space. With nervous laughter she had pleaded with him to come down. If only he had listened.
Eruption
Like tectonic plates
We bump and bruise, seeking supremacy.
But…
Subduction zones are for geology,
Not relationships,
And magma is rising in the chamber–
Eruption imminent.
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