OLWG#172- Micro Poetry to Celebrate our Dystopic Past

This piece was written for OLWG# 172

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rocket girls have choices, but rocket boys always become rocket men

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it’s as clear as the nose on his face; the boy’s a scrapper – always was

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“I don’t wanna do this”
“you’re the one who wanted babies”
“but can’t there be another way?”
“maybe we could steal them”
“OK lets get to it”

 

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The prompts were:

1. the nose on his face
2. can’t there be another way?
3. rocket boys

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