all downhill

freeze dried

embryos

in Vallombrosa

 

could be

embers...

d'you want to view

 

the prequel?

she stood

among aliens

 

sipping

bubbly

nervously

 

soon

an unthinkable

thing

 

castigated her

for not

fulfilling

 

her part

of the bargain, of

course

 

she had

not thought through

the consequences

 

of touching one

her friends

warned her

 

these things

that stand like

trees

 

and talk like

movies

smell like

 

soap

are not

to be

 

trusted

you must not

touch