National Poetry Writing Month 2022, Day 6

My Day 6 poem, based on the prompt at https://www.napowrimo.net/day-six-9/

The phrases I used are parts of dialogue spoken by the character Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation:

  • Extreme fluctuations in the electromagnetic field
  • Sensors and secondary generators offline
  • You are constantly working on similar electronic systems
  • I will perform a routine maintenance check

 

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Omicronicity (a poem)

For some reason, the word diaspora popped into my head while I was driving on the freeway a couple of days ago. I replaced a couple of lines from a poem I wrote today, as they fit better in this one (and were better than the similar lines I originally wrote). And here I thought I was done writing covid poems…

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