National Poetry Month: Errand of Mercy

Errand of Mercy

(from the point of view of the Klingon, Kor)

I don't trust anyone who smiles so much,

like these Organians do,

but you do not, so I must admit,

I think I'm liking you.

-Joie

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Errand of Mercy

Spock under the mind-sifter

“Tell us.”
Their voices
seem to echo
and scrape
resound
and rebound
cut
and burn
and freeze—
I can feel
them
in my mind,
I know
I cannot hold out forever.

-Noelle

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season One (Remastered Edition)