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K.M. Bennett's avatar

It was half-past noon

when the meteorite struck,

turning bones to dust

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Honeygloom's avatar

So cool. Like a news report, which makes it even more chilling🖤

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Thea Wood's avatar

The time reference is brilliant.

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K.M. Bennett's avatar

Ahhh thank you! Something random that popped into my brain. 🖤

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Thea Wood's avatar

Dinosaurs suffered

Now, humans will feel our rain

Fiery stone showers

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Honeygloom's avatar

Love this! A little cosmic vengeance?

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Thea Wood's avatar

Yep!

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A.P. Murphy's avatar

Struck by lightning and survived,

nothing more outlandish

could befall. I'm safe, I am -

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Honeygloom's avatar

Your body will be worth so much money now. Little jars filled with singed tissue floating in formaldehyde. Dented cranium? 💰

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K.M. Bennett's avatar

Haha. I like this.

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erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

Thus Excalibur!

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

The invader! Stuff from space... Scary.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Might be a space virus, might be Superman🤷‍♀️

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Songsterfunsterhamster's avatar

Streak across the sky

A life summarised in flame

You might make your mark

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Honeygloom's avatar

So beautiful, love the ‘might’ in the last line🖤

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Richard Blaisdell's avatar

Mystery mound.

Lost and found.

Colloidal cosmic crater

Displaced debris.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Another one I loved reading allowed😍

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Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! Aloud… autocorrect 🤦‍♀️

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Richard Blaisdell's avatar

Allowed is good.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

One of my superhero characters gained her powers as the result of being smacked down during a Perseid-like shower.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Oh cool! The Perseids peak this weekend I think, or around this time?

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Dylan Delgado's avatar

Air punctured by ball

of iron digs into earth;

dirt flies. Take cover!

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Honeygloom's avatar

I love the action you described! There is so much movement in this little space🖤

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Rock flying through space,

Enjoying the trip, until,

Earth got in the way... 😎

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Honeygloom's avatar

😂 Love this take! How could we be so rude?

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Absolutely! He was having fun exploring the cosmos, and we ruined it. Haha... 😎

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erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

Heimdal's sword Hofud!

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Honeygloom's avatar

Wow I didn’t realize there were so many😂 I guess it is a pretty cool way to get your sword. Now I kinda want one.

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erniet's avatar

The list goes on and on…😂

Not to mention the spears and axes and othe implements of destruction! (Gungnir, for example…)

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Honeygloom's avatar

And (for real) Tutankhamun’s dagger, found in his tomb, the oldest known weapon made from iron harvested from a meteorite.

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erniet's avatar

Wow I didn’t know that! Cool!

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Honeygloom's avatar

The Egyptians harvested a lot of iron from meteorites apparently, so they had iron technically before the Iron Age started in most places. Pretty cool stuff.

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erniet's avatar

Wow, that nickel content (11%) is up there with alloy and stainless steels…pretty cool!

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erniet's avatar

I didn’t know that!

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erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

This was Dragvandil!

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erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

Thus was Angurvadal!

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erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

Thus was Durendal!

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