[New-Poetry] "Late Returns"

[Halvard Johnson]

Late Returns

Ballots from Alpha Centauri are running late,
as are those from even more far-flung
precincts of the galaxy. After a long, winding,

self-indulgent speech, galactic librarians remind
us that we will not be able to borrow anything
if three-week, one-week, or two-day loan

items have not been returned and all fines paid.
Intra-galactic congestion--when the offered load
of a data communication path exceeds the capacity

(lots of mariachi children strumming gently in
the background)--of boggy, blood-filled tissue. Huge
spin rallies of interstellar truckers hit by late fees

and fines. "Ain't always who votes that counts. Some-
times it's who counts votes that counts," says Mr. Steel.



Hal

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