Alien Zoo Replacements

One by one
each member of the
family was replaced by a
robot doppelganger;

a six-foot tall father,
short black hair, brown glass eyes,
blue leisure suit;

a diminutive mother,
blond hair and blue eyes, black
cocktail dress and high heels;

a 5’9” teen son, dark hair,
Levis, white tee shirt, letter jacket
and white Nikes;

and a plump teen daughter,
blond hair, blue eyes, mother’s height,
red gym shorts and halter top;

robots one and all gathered
around their dining room table,
simulated human meal gathering dust,
zoo goers wanting the real thing.

G. O. Clark's writing has been published in Asimov's, Analog, Midnight Under The Big Top, Daily SF, HWA Poetry Showcase VII and many more. He's the author of 17 poetry collections, the most recent, "Mindscapes", 2024, Hiraeth Publishing. His third fiction collection, "Aliens & Others", came out in 2021 From Hiraeth Publishing. He won the Asimov's Readers Award for poetry in 2001 and 2024, and was Stoker Award finalist in 2011. He's retired, and lives in Davis, CA. http://goclarkpoet.weebly.com

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