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Jim is a word wrangling pixel herder with an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. He writes about poor decisions, superpowers, and messed-up families. Sometimes all at once. You can find him on Twitter @heyjimhill or at his website, heyjimhill.com.
Sure, you could say I left the door open,
But can't we, for a minute, discuss the fault,
Of that which followed me home?
I mean, just because something is open,
It doesn't give you permission to enter.
So, if you want to blame me for this,
Particular space invasion, maybe, just maybe,
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Assign some responsibility to the beings,
Who charged in without regard to what,
Was on the other side of the wormhole.
Sure, you're going to suggest I should've
Done the same before stepping through
To their system, but what I did, I did for science.
What they did, they did for vengeance.
(Please don't ask, "Vengeance for what?")
The End
This story was first published on Thursday, October 7th, 2021
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