Eli                     walking up the hill
one last time; path rutted w/ tracks
from hauling the ******
                     things down;
     he'd done it before & again
the blonde     A-Lister waiting
for his return,
in the driveway;
                       the buggy trotting from the
      carriage house behind the main house,
     Eli, Jr.
much                 like his dad,                
broad-shouldered
& a little dumb;
                         but Eli Sr.
                                     has that  way of
   coming cackling back to life;
in his career he'd done it twice:
                  he was a movie star now &
          just
wanted to keep getting back
         under her; Eli thought
           he now knew how
westerns were born; did he?
Junior picking up the pace;
beats it
to the highway before the old
man does that weird out of the
dark thing he does;     *******
the actress who was supposed
to be his new Muse; Eli didn't
have an  old muse;              Eli Simple
              built   barn walls out of paint
            that stood on their own;     Eli
lighting a cigarette,            comes out
of the dark,        his face aglow
     w/ the burning cigarette tip;
   "Was that ur kid?" she asked.
"No," he says, "It was a clone;
I got six more in the barn. wanna
            see 'em?"
               "Sure."
"Come on. I'll show ya," he said
                         & he did;
so much time passed that the
bow-tied     moon was in a permanent
                                                                ­  tuxedo;
seen from the gaping                     stars;
              silver-hands discovering;
signing                       [eyes] out ;
- transmitting: a cache of folded images
reproduced en masse on crude pulp
paper in vivid colors for the period;
image after
image of various forms      
                              of individual female figures
in exposed positions,
           appearing to be lounging
                               happily w/in
a luxurious paradise                belying the   urban setting;
"We presume these to be the plans
          for the ***-oriented
           female robots so spoken of
           in the                   ancient records; i.e.,             Pandora,
           Helen, et al."
         "Don't forget Wonder Woman."
"Oh, yes, the Queen of All Women."
The scientists debate before returning to Orion;
should production begin on the ancient   forms?  
Some guy in a big mansion was giving a party          in her honor;
but she & Eli never showed, never left the barn