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night 4
as high perch next to low perch
in hat for drawing at midnight
winner hang glides to low perch
stringing high tension cable
stays 24 hrs before heading back

sooo hope my name is called
get to see surf life firsthand
visit my heart
sync up in person

humidity is up
eyes peeled for makers
of glitter trails

see long shapes sliding
down tree trunks
into rock clearing
sparkling colors
along varying lengths

cluster of leading tentacles
sparks when touching
dark rock bands

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day 3
woo hoo
all friends and family
in my 3 concentric rings
lighting my map in green

multiple lightning strikes
on the rock spire last night
briefly glued to the top
each time as if feeding it
bronze swirls glowing

curiosity prevails
run the telescope
up the mast
at low tide
observe the solution

each surf lander now
has a ring of metal rings
in the sand around them
tentacled life cavorts
in them snapping sparks

observe for a year
learn the planet
open the door
step outside

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night 3
got a good chuckle
telescope spied surf landings
flags displayed
green - ok landing
black - technical issue
blue - communications

further visual inspection
revealed tentacled life
crawling over landers
sparks spitting when
tentacle first touches

begin to suspect
life here on first name basis
with electricity

knowing my heart
goal will be
vacate them without harm
persuade to coexist
gift a favor for parking in surf
talk to them

start data transfer
lightning on the way

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day 2
deploy solar panels
check map download
4 more landers
ok and functional
waiting for 3 more
the surf landings

clear at dawn
outside sounds drift in
cheering my morning
busy and lightheated
stark contrast with night

clouds rolling in
storm on the way
may put the telescope
on the mast today
run it up as high as will go
perhaps glimpse
the surf landings

my heart and 2 progeny
all are smart capable
full of ingenuity
they will come online
tomorrow i hope

for now
analyze data

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zJmm  


night 2
humidity low
sky clear
stars out
2 moons visible
a third starting to rise

enviro sampling and analysis
is chugging away
air elements are breathable
so fresh air tonight
but must be biofiltered

airborne biologies
sample over an entire year
for valid results

no sparkly glowing trails
in the clearing tonight
perhaps humidity related

with the stillness
sounds
emanate from the forest

start upload download of data
hope to see final 7 soon
fall asleep listening
to outside

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zJmm  


day 1
dawn
melting icy particles
scrubbed sparkly trails
rock spire has bronze swirls
in a light grey matrix
spiraling into clearing

deploy solar panels
to top off batteries
check map download
for friends and family in
3 concentric rings of hexes

all but 7 have checked in
the arc directly west
the ocean landings
are still absent

perhaps only time needed
those landings most difficult
to stabilize and anchor
especially directly west
shallow ocean, surf, tides
where my heart is

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zJmm  


night 1
fell asleep
waiting for midnight
to upload landing info

bright flash of lightning
ka-boom of thunder
icy pops against the porthole
remedy that lapse

glance at snoop monitors
look out the porthole
for IRL impression

sparkly glowing trails
wind all about the clearing
ship included

flash - ka-boom
bolt of lightning
briefly glued to nearby rock spire
light flows down
radiates out across the clearing

report in
start download of map
of those safely down
in each 100 km sq

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zJmm  


reverse thrusters
shut down a few secs ago
out of fuel

trajectory aimed
at a clearing on a plateau
dark green and purple biomass
flowing silver sliver of liquid

hard icy particles
pop against the porthole
passing thru dark blue clouds

deploy parachutes
in 3...2...1...
ooof, so heavy
as their slowing drag kicks in

slowly drifting down
deploy the ground cushions
whump!
quickly reel in the chutes

deploy outside snoops
sit tight
watch and listen
rest and learn
as darkness falls

0
zJmm  

delightful read
such imagination
interesting biologies
cultural commentary

author:
nnedi okorafor

titles:
binti
binti:home
binti:the night masquerade

books.apple.com/us/book/binti/

0
zJmm  

climate change
alien biology
on earth

author:
julie czerneda

titles in series:
survival
migration
regeneration

books.apple.com/us/book/surviv

0
zJmm  

what shape would
a human outpost on venus take

what shape would
aliens be to exist in venusian sky

author:
sarah zettel

title:
the quiet invasion

books.apple.com/us/book/the-qu

0
zJmm  

interesting alien biology
and how it influences behavior

author:
karen traviss

titles in series:
city of pearl
crossing the line
the world before
matriarch
ally
judge

link to first book
books.apple.com/us/book/city-o

1
zJmm  

if you have a hankering
to read a trilogy
that has dragons
perhaps this is for you

author:
d jackson leigh

titles:
dragon horse war
tracker and the spy
seer and the shield

books.apple.com/book/id9664269

0
zJmm  

finished a good read
a couple of days ago

speculations on
the implications
of chip implanted in brain

author:
sarah pinsker

title:
we are satellites

books.apple.com/book/id1513813

0
zJmm  

just finished the read
of another good trilogy

space opera
found family
have each other's back
kind of thing

sorry...no plot spoilers

author:
k. b. wagers

titles in trilogy:
a pale light in the black
hold fast though the fire
the ghosts of trappist

link to first book

books.apple.com/us/book/a-pale

0
zJmm  

happened across
another good read

author:
sabrina chase

titles in trilogy:
the long way home
raven's children
queen of chaos

link to first book in trilogy

books.apple.com/us/book/the-lo

0
zJmm  

near future
climate fiction
set in the
author's home state of hawaii

was a really good read
read it cover to cover
with only brief breaks
for sustenance

sorry, not sorry
but no spoilers

title:
pacific storm

author:
linda nagata

books.apple.com/us/book/pacifi

0
zJmm  

if you enjoy:

near future
climate fiction
hopepunk

this was a good read

author:
susan kaye quinn

series:
nothing is promised

titles:
when you had power
you knew the price
of kindness and kilowatts
yet you cry when it hurts

link to first in series:

books.apple.com/us/book/when-y

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zJmm  


if you wish for
a cat on your spaceship

author:
rene astle

trilogy:
a dead ship in the deep black
a lost ship in a dark grave
a broken fighter on bloody sands

books.apple.com/us/book/a-dead

books.apple.com/us/book/a-lost

books.apple.com/us/book/a-brok

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if you are looking for scifi books
that include cats
this series may entertain you
includes psychic ship cats

sorry - no spoilers
read the books
with your own imagination

scifi series:
chilling effect
prime deception
fault tolerance

author:
valerie valdez

books.apple.com/us/book/chilli

books.apple.com/us/book/prime-

books.apple.com/us/book/fault-

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