#fishing for new plots
sitting on the bank, waiting
I use dynamite
#vss365 #haiku

"What is the word?" Carver said and leaned to the hull. "Orden locked himself in command when #wolves descended from the mountain. Bagman tried to barrel through a bulkhead. Henry took charge but now all is silent." Carver nodded and looked at the command pod. #vss365

"Carver. You look like shit." Darveel said and hurried over with bangles on his arms and legs playing a chaotic tune. According to him those were to keep the #wolves away. Carver had never seen one, so technically Darveel was right but still annoying. #vss365

Carver limped out of the medical section and listened as people were complaining about the jump and how costly it was. For a lifer like Carver it was just a bump in the road but most people joined to #wolf down one mineral field and buy out quickly. #vss365

the lone howl echoes for long
in the darkness the shadow moves
the antlers bearing velvet on prongs
snow crunches under hooves
the dash, it only prolongs
as the #wolf pack moves
#vss365

why, I too believe in impossible things, at times five at the same time.

alpha #wolves they say
stupid bitches without clout
just read a book gimp
#vss365 #haiku

Carver got up and rubbed the autodocs mask. It was superstition but out in the space, there was always some room for it even if Carver considered himself one of the most #jaded persons on the barge. He tore away the scrubs and pulled out a jumpsuit. #vss365

"What?" Bagman said and Theodore zoomed out from the #jade sea to an orbital view. "See, no moons. I hear planets with moons have strong currents." Henry finished up the bandaging and said, "Earth has awful tides, those can pull you miles in a moment." #vss365

"I was almost pulled to the sea by a current when I was younger." Bagman said and Henry had to grab his fist to be able to continue the bandaging. Theodore shrugged and tapped his wrist comp and brought up a #jade green ocean, "We do not have moons." #vss365

taku aroha me ngā whatu #pounamu
whakarato mai he tirohanga, hoatu he tohu
manaakitia taku taura kia hoki mai ai au
kia taea e au te tuku koha ki a koe
te ika nui rawa, te reka rawa i ngā moana
#vss365 #jade

nephrite and jadeite
both known as #Jade and while they
share colour, not build
#vss365 #haiku

Klick-Click would like to talk about the great Clack and the eternal clickety-clack he provides.

#undersea, in the mariana
home of crustaceans and forams
alien, hostile, violent
belching tsunamis at times
home of the myths and folklore
busier than the moon #vss365

#undersea current
hidden reader rebellion
convergence rises
#vss365 #haiku

Orden released the comm unit and opened the financial ledger on the compensation section. The text was rough to read, as even the doctored black box would not give a way out of paying the widows. As Henry said, he was out of #trickery to save the cash box. #vss365

Henry frowned but said, "Well, that is not relevant. Not really. You jumped and we want to know who pays? You can use all the #verbal trickery you want, but we have empty bunks and bays to fill. A drill ship alone is five mil a piece, and then there are widows." #vss365

Orden waited until Bagman stopped and said to the comms, "You can check the black box if you like. We were surrounded by leeches in a breeding frenzy, that is why they sing. There is no amount of #trickery at helm you can use to avoid horny leeches." #vss365

Shifting the tonal weight around
to pull the mood down to gutters
then to haul it into the skies
manipulating the mind, the mood
picking acts that will cause
reaction and paint it as good
#trickery of the words, I cringe
#vss365

#trickery you say
the words emerge regardless
one more novella
#vss365 #haiku

William Empson’s Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930) is a foundational work of literary criticism analyzing how nuances, contradictions, and multiple meanings in poetry enrich text. Ranging from metaphors to deep psychological contradictions.

Henry jumped back from the door, but not everyone reacted fast enough as Bagman barged through them and started to hammer the reinforced bulkhead door with bare fists. In moments, his #investiture on the decor was bloody fist marks on the door. #vss365

Orden pressed the button and said, "Bagman, you sit in the office pushing papers and using words you do not even understand. #Investiture my ass, it is investment, and you only have one percentage of that. Without your father, you would be on the dole. #vss365

"Never mind that, Theodore, I am here because of my... #investiture, and it is in danger under a captain that jumps away when thrusters would have been enough." Another voice called and Henry shook his head but decided not to say anything, Bagman was a volatile man. #vss365

The Gospel according to Igor
refuses the new #investiture
where newly ossified rules
dictate whats acceptable
under a specific umbrella
where everything is slaved
dictated by the margins
that harvests the millions
with a pittance for a dollar
the years of voluntary labour
#vss365

#investiture to
the most dominant structure
opinion on things
#vss365 #haiku

"Yeah, that is what spume sounds like." Someone said and Henry looked at who said it, "What the hell is spume?" The man pushed himself forward and said, "#Seafoam, it is called spume. Looks like dirty foam, smells too. I am from Aquana, we have seas." #vss365

"I hear you, Henry, but I am not opening this door until you calm down. The leeches were going into frenzy. You all know what it means." Orden said and transferred the leech song to a speaker. It was almost like popping and crackling of #seafoam. #vss365

Orden opened the monitor into the Hirayama drive chamber, but the water was still hidden by something that seemed like a #seafoam. As it was distilled water, it could not have biological material. Orden did not know the scientific name for it. #vss365

Aphrodite of love and beauty
born from the fallen balls
splashing into the sea
foaming like Uranus did
when Cronus castrated him
The birth of the Venus
another tale of premature
ejaculation, #seafoam.

#vss365