On the ship,
It starts slow.
We scatter
Lists in tow.
I look down,
See "swipe card",
I confess
It is hard.
"Prime the shields"
Is the next,
But lately
We've been vexed
There's someone
In our ranks
Who sneaks up
On our flanks.
I hear rumors
From the walls
That one mate
Stalks the halls
Armed with wit
And a knife
That some say
Appears rife
I am told
To endure
They'll find him,
They assure.
But all day
As I tend
I think of
My own end.
My next task
Takes me east
To pilot
Space's beast.
Entering,
I see blood.
A crimson,
Pooling flood.
The killer,
He is here.
Eyes glinting
Like a seer.
Metal creaks,
He departs,
Offering
No headstart
Mates enter,
I am caught
They accuse
With no thought.
I'm sentenced
To be thrown
To frigid
Space alone.
Terrified,
I exhort
Not to cut
My life short.
None listen,
And they take
My thrashing
To Black Lake.
There's nothing
To be said
That can change
Fate a shred.
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An Imposter Among Us
Fanfiction"Congratulations, Miss Duri. You're leading the fifty-fifth voyage to Polus." My initial giddiness wore away under a new and frankly uninvited sense of suspicion. Only an hour ago they were set on selecting anyone but me. What made them change their...
