THE HUNTERI'm a worm. I wear the hatthat works the latest trick. This feather you admire? I slipped it from the breast of a little bird I found and hypnotized. The trance reduced the squawking and a bandage caught the bleeding while she healed. Of course, to stunt her pain upon removal, I pulled it off for her with a snap, set her in an old top hat I'd filled with fallen leaves, and curled the crested tape into my palm. Take a look inside - wouldn't this be perfect with your eyes? Copyright 2000, Ryan Able
Ryan's poetry sometimes gets him in trouble, but sometimes Venutians offer him money for his secrets (which they use to improve Venutian- Martian relations). It makes him feel closer to his childhood dream of being an astronaut, so he goes along with it.
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