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Scorn her screams,
those wailing radio waves

warning of the hole
in the galaxy's heart.

Worthless to waste grief
on ancient tragedies.

Repudiate her testimony
of mass assassination,

her lone voice speaking
for the silenced stars.



Mary Soon Lee is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and a three-time winner of both the AnLab Readers’ Award and the Rhysling Award. An illustrated edition of her epic fantasy The Sign of the Dragon was published in 2025. Website: marysoonlee.com.
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