Visions of the Blue Clone
Bruce Boston
The first of her
came to me on the first night.
She was a woman of mystery
who sang the blues.
The second of her
came to me on the second night.
She had a history
like no other.
The third of her
came to me on the third night.
She was bright and cheery
and full with the fire
that makes life.
The fourth of her
came to me on the fourth night.
The fire was catastrophic.
The blue rains came down
and our wooden ark settled
on a rocky promontory.
The fifth of her
came to me on the fifth night.
We embraced as lovers,
like eagles in an aerie
far above the drenched desert
The sixth of her
came to me on the sixth night.
We entered the star ways
and jaunted faster than light
to her blue sun.
On the seventh night
the six plus one of us rested,
lying between cool sheets
fashioned from the blue
universe of our flesh.
(First appeared in the author’s collection Shades Fantastic, 2006)
Bruce Boston lives in Ocala, Florida, with his wife, writer-artist Marge Simon, and the ghosts of two cats. He is the author of fifty books and chapbooks, including the novels The Guardener’s Tale and Stained Glass Rain. His writing has appeared in countless publications, most visibly in Asimov’s SF Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and The Nebula Awards Showcase. One of the leading genre poets for more than a quarter century, Boston has won the Bram Stoker Award for Poetry, the Asimov’s Readers Award, and the Rhysling Award (SFPA), each a record number of times. He has also received a Pushcart Prize for fiction and the Grandmaster Award of the SFPA. He will be Poet Guest of Honor at the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards/World Horror Con to be held in New Orleans. For more information visit www.bruceboston.com.
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