Musings on Life, Love, and Linguine-Poetry & Writing
Once we added the dimension of time to space, things got crazy. Plants went to war with giant bees, and flying monkeys stole the moon out of the sky. Night became day and down was up. All the clocks on planet earth went haywire with hands spinning backwards.
And now, this new creature has appeared and we can’t determine its exact species. His wingspan is 8 feet wide and appear to made of glowing iridescent crystal. As he flies, they refract light and send brilliant prisms into the atmosphere. He peers at us with gigantic purple eyes as his long thick body glides through the air with grace.
We look at him through the wrong end of the long telescope of time and ponder his presence. Is this magical creature here to save us, or does our fated death lie in his jagged mandibles?
©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg
dVerse Poets Pub: Prosery Telescope of Time
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Linda Lee Lyberg is a wife, mother, artist, published poet and author. She resides in Mesa, AZ with her husband Pete (aka The Big Viking) of 24 years, and her dog, Ricky Bobby. Linda writes various forms of poetry, as well as short stories. You can read more of her works at: charmedchaos.com
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Such great images here, Linda – and the ultimate question. This is a slightly “sci-chadelic” flash.
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Thank you Sarah.
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I think it’s wise not to mess with time… alas I believe it’s going to a mandible-end for humanity.
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Yes, that could very well be. Thank you Bjorn.
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I absolutely love, love this! 💝 There is an unmistakable hint of dystopia in this stunning prose piece. I can visualize the monkeys stealing the moon and the night becoming day. Perhaps it’s necessary to leave time and space to their ways 🙂
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Yes, indeed. Thank you Sanaa!
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You’re most welcome 😍
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lol a good bit of fantasy to feed our imaginations!
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Yes. Thank you!
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Well done, I can imagine it descending, swallowing its victims in a deceptive radiance that holds darkness.
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Thank you Ken!
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I love your sci-fi tale, Linda: the giant bees, flying monkeys (I’d love to know how they stole the moon!), and the giant dragonfly whose wings ‘appear to made of glowing iridescent crystal’. He does sound magical, but I’d stay clear of his jagged mandibles!
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Science fiction, very nice and imaginative I think.
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Thank you!
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The next sci-fi writer.
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Thank you so much!
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I see this as prophetic, Linda. The way we tamper with nature trying to do one better, will backfire on us one day — if it already hasn’t! Despite the possible menacing nature of the new creature, it sounds so magnificent and beautiful.
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Aw, thank you Lisa!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Very timely, Linda! I think I had one of these guys gliding over the back acres just this morning. Yikes!
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Haha! Thanks Ron.
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Yep – glad these critters are back down the timeline – along with all of Jurassic Park’s imaginings and DH Lawrence’s hummingbirds. But wait, what’s that swooping low over the Presidential dais? Great colourful fun.
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If only! Thanks Peter.
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A very colorful story Linda. Very surreal and futuristic!
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Thank you Dwight.
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I enjoyed this sci-fi thriller in the space-time continuum! Fun take on the prompt, Linda.
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Thank you!
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I love this sci-fi/fantasy/truly imaginative short fiction. I wonder if we deserve to be saved, or chewed up by those large mandibles!
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True. Thank you!
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I love how straight forward the first line is. It hits perfectly with the insanity that follows. Fantastic story.
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Excellent. Now it needs novelization. (K)
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Thank you!
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kaykuala
or does our fated death
lie in his jagged mandibles?
The more you go on the more mysterious it gets. Classic imagery Linda. One keeps wondering right through, what is it really like – brilliant Ma’am!
Hank
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Creative and fun! Hopefully not prophetic, haha! Perhaps humans are the “we” in the beginning and our destruction of the order of time and space does lead to a chaos that is inescapable and our own demise. I like the ending though with the question of whether we are actually being saved and not killed. The perspective in what we see being so important!
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Wonderful fantasy Linda.
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WOW! Just WOW! A wonderful science fiction/fantasy tale. The “creature” is described so vividly…and the last line “Is this magical creature here to save us, or does our fated death lie in his jagged mandibles?” is amazing!!! Those two words “jagged mandibles” are the topper! WOW!
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Thank you Lillian!
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You are so clever! What an imagination you have! An excellent use of that prompt!
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Wonderful
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