{"id":953,"date":"2015-12-14T09:08:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T16:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=953"},"modified":"2015-12-13T08:27:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T15:27:31","slug":"moon-creatures-by-christina-sng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=953","title":{"rendered":"Moon Creatures by Christina Sng"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1449804639483_150325\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1449804639483_150324\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1449804639483_150323\">\n<div id=\"yiv1716697957yui_3_16_0_1_1449063963162_243976\">\n<div id=\"yiv1716697957yui_3_16_0_1_1449063963162_243975\">\n<div class=\"yiv1716697957y_msg_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/634px-Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary_b15_374-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/634px-Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary_b15_374-2-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"634px-Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary_b15_374-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/634px-Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary_b15_374-2-300x227.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/634px-Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary_b15_374-2.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv1716697957yui_3_16_0_1_1449063963162_243998\" class=\"yiv1716697957y_msg_container\">MOON CREATURES<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>I miss the Sun<br clear=\"none\" \/>But I am alive,<br clear=\"none\" \/>Housed in rock homes<br clear=\"none\" \/>Inside the premiere<br clear=\"none\" \/>Lava tube on the Moon,<br clear=\"none\" \/>Carved to be an\u00c2\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/>Underground city.<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>It&#8217;s almost like<br clear=\"none\" \/>Living on Earth here,<br clear=\"none\" \/>But for the sketchy<br clear=\"none\" \/>Sunlight we receive,<br clear=\"none\" \/>Depending on the<br clear=\"none\" \/>Alignment of the\u00c2\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/>External mirrors.<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>We have twin islands<br clear=\"none\" \/>On an artificial ocean,<br clear=\"none\" \/>With deep sea creatures<br clear=\"none\" \/>Like the anglerfish<br clear=\"none\" \/>And the kraken eel,<br clear=\"none\" \/>With its stringy meat<br clear=\"none\" \/>And relentless stare.<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>Seaweed thrives, but<br clear=\"none\" \/>No fruit or flower has<br clear=\"none\" \/>Successfully bloomed here,<br clear=\"none\" \/>Despite our scientists&#8217;<br clear=\"none\" \/>Best efforts, so we eat\u00c2\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/>What we have to endure<br clear=\"none\" \/>And survive.<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>In the mirror I no longer<br clear=\"none\" \/>See me, but a pallid beast\u00c2\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/>With gills and webbed feet.<br clear=\"none\" \/>Tonight I will fish\u00c2\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/>In the deep, my luminous<br clear=\"none\" \/>Eyes leading the way<br clear=\"none\" \/>So my family can feast.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOON CREATURESI miss the SunBut I am alive,Housed in rock homesInside the premiereLava tube on the Moon,Carved to be an\u00c2\u00a0Underground city.It&#8217;s almost likeLiving on Earth here,But for the sketchySunlight we receive,Depending on theAlignment of the\u00c2\u00a0External mirrors.We have twin islandsOn an artificial ocean,With deep sea creaturesLike the anglerfishAnd the kraken eel,With its stringy meatAnd relentless stare.Seaweed 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