Genesis: An Epic Poem of the Terraforming of Mars by Frederick Turner

Author:Frederick Turner
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Epic Poetry
ISBN: 9780983300236
Publisher: The Ilium Press
Published: 2012-01-28T04:30:00+00:00

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Next day the troops discover in their midst

A new phenomenon—a pair of chaplains

Fresh from the Ecotheist seminary:

The brightest and the best, bursting with zeal,

Eager to win acceptance in the group.

The female’s dumpy, caring, and supportive;

Full of old-time phenomenology

And very big on how we all must share

Our common feelings of inadequacy;

She wears the uniform of the thunder-thighed,

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The blue stretch slacks, the blouse, the golden pin

With the earth-symbol—dot within a circle—

Denoting membership within the Church.

The male is a believer in free love,

An existentialist, a PhD,

Given to saying “hey;” with skinny arms,

A mustache, and that look which says that I

Am fully open to experience.

The Church, it seems, has sent the warriors

These, as reminders what they’re fighting for,

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And tactfully arranged for their arrival

Just at the peak of beverage fatigue.

Billy Macdonald, of the Ned Kellies,

Observes that it’s an ill wind blows no good:

If their supplies run low, as often happens,

The fat one might be nice with pinto beans.

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