SHADED BY DIFFERENCE

the beginning of a poetic science fiction tale about a girl named garvy, who was born in space

SHADED BY DIFFERENCE
silentshadowstreaming through frozenblack space
during the annual celebration of the ides of march,
in a psycotropic drug induced empathic state,
kathra, the ship's beautiful courtesan,
coupled with the kinky haired communications tech,
in the furcozy warm storage room
under the fuselage on the aft side of the colony starship
bound for garvis’s ',
a promising bluegreen earthlike planet
 out on the edge of the rim
 many light-years from mother earth,

eight months later,
softspinning through hyper-space
in an alien euphoric mind over body melding warp,
caused by an over-curious invisible telepathic energy form
from space beyond the rim,
kathra shoved her unplanned infant out,
and into
the clickingwhirlturning grasp of a starship robot medic,
kathra,sighing, took one weary look,
and
whispering sadly, " the first garvis child,"
before softdrifting away into the dark forever of bone weary death
for reasons unknown...
 the overworked medic tech
entered the stats into the on board medical record...

born November 21, 2082
1 female child
with spiky carmine curls
and amber eyes
tagged garvy child
mother deceased, father unknown,

making no note
of the opposable toes,
or the unearthly wisdom,
in the countenance of the newborn babe,
 she thrust the tiny living parcel
quickly into the care
of the robot medics and promptly forgot
about the baby,
the birth,
the death...

Author's Note

more to follow...hope you all enjoy...

Reviews

[....................]

This is really good sci-fi, Jeannemarie... i look forward to the follow-ups :)

[jeannemarie coulter]

they are there and more coming...the garvy tales...thank you for reading them...

[rubie]

You have accomplished what is nearly impossible....

Making the infiniteness of space seem tangible.

Well penned.

[jeannemarie coulter]

thank you...i love garvy and what she will become...i also like to look at what was science fiction when i was young and now is science fact...it is as limitless as space and our imagination...

[rubie]

Indeed...the science fiction of the past will always become the reality of tomorrow.

[dan]

To have the ability to write credibly about the mysteries of space, especially in the distant future, takes a huge dose of creativity and imagination that not many people possess. You say there is more to follow? Well, I'm up for more, a real life Star Trek being born! Very nicely done! take care...dan

[jeannemarie coulter]

thank you and i am glad you find the write interesting...i love to look at what is science fact now and was fiction in the past, and wonder what is fiction now that will become fact in the future...

[dan]

I am old enough to remember (though not vividly) when Kennedy proclaimed that US astronauts would reach the moon and land on it. Now the idea just seems quaint. I agree that way more is possible and I hope more monumental achievements occur in my lifetime. Thanks again for the great write! take care...dan

[Coyote Poetry]

A very nice introduction. You create place, situation and you left the reader wanting more story. I hope to read more dear Poet. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is like Extant meets Poe meets ee cummings...

quite the star crossed journey , where many poets have tried to go before, but not with the skills you display here....very cool poem...you engaged me, and i am not a sci-fi fan...

[jeannemarie coulter]

to place my name with the like of poe and especially e.e.cummings is truly to be honored...thank you...

[wordman]

sounds like good science fiction to me,and from what i see and read this may
not be to far into the future love the starship poems

[jeannemarie coulter]

thank you and i do hope you enjoy it...

[wordman]

you`re welcome

[Perkele.7885]

Interesting. To have a child; even an unexpected the mother dies. The baby gets taken care of by robots. hmmmmmmmmmm.

[jeannemarie coulter]

i wander the paths science fiction often...asking myself what was science fiction when i was young and is now science fact computers and cell phones are examples and it can be fascinating...