by Francis W. Alexander

 

Martian colonist
forming a heart for her
in the red sand 

 

(Previously Published in Scifaikuest, February 2013, Vol X, No. 3, p. 14)

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Valentine tradition
the astronaut telepathizes
his love song 

 

(Previously published in Scifaikuest, February 2011, Vol VIII, No. 3, p. 13) 

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winter night –
the hum and buzz
of android love

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Francis “Wes” Alexander’s has appeared in Tales from the Moonlit Path, Space and Time, and Illumen, Star*Line, and the Drabble Harvest anthologies,  His books When the Mushrooms Come, and I Reckon were published in 2020. 

Published 2/11/21