LUNARPUNK NOIR
Quick Legend —
The Hero is: So Many (Everyone, Arguably). Dropped in.
The Villain is: The System, the ones who let the world aflame.
The Setting is: Quite Close To You, Actually. Not So Far Away.
So this Lunarpunk Noir starts —
following a coil of smoke
figure leaning on a door
Coltrane lilts the scene
a tilted shadow seems
a little off, crescented
powerlines slink down
weighed by power held
The Villain rolls their eyes
as Heroes execute a heist
movements of rebels move
now following coils of light
bioluminescence in the dark
burning bright against apathy
mushrooming from industry
cauldron of batty sky electricity
harvested from lunar energy
transmitted direct current
or efficiently interconnected
in kite-tied microgrids
that raise lunarpanels
higher to their goddesses
The Heroes already among us
now following coils of bright
bioluminescence in the dark.
— Adam Powers