Dallas
written by: Tim Gardiner
@timgardiner3
I always thought I’d be the last survivor of the Nostromo, saving the cat and nuking the ship. Turns out I’m more like Dallas. Courageous, with a slightly foolhardy edge entering the air ducts with nothing more than an incinerator unit and my colleagues wired in. Fumbling around with just flame shadows for company and panicked words on the radio, the way forward is unclear. All the while it waits for my wrong move. Ready to embrace my mistake…
crossroads
the dead end
of another life
Dr Tim Gardiner is an ecologist, poet and children's author from Manningtree in Essex, UK. His haiku have been published in literary magazines including Frogpond, Modern Haiku and The Heron's Nest. His first collection of haiku, On the Edge, was published in 2017. Tim's debut children's book, The Voyage of the Queen Bee, was published by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2016.
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