Parallel

by Scott Slemmons

Perhaps I was never born--or born to different parents?

A citizen of another country or a miner on a dark asteroid?

Rebel fighting the shocktroopers of President-for-Life Falwell?

A member of the homeless class wandering since the Crash of Eighty-Four?

Last living person in New Mexico?

Lizardman geneticist wilding on the shores of New

Elysium or clothing store manager at a suburban strip mall?

Law-abiding family man in the ultimate utopian state?

Wolf biologist following a trail

or wolf hunter scavenging a fresh kill?

Ravening psycho slaughtering cops in California?

Long-dead victim or long-distance runner?

Dancing & singing on the silver screen? Haunting the Paris Opera?

Slowly discovering love somewhere, mayhap...?