Science Fiction (and Fantasy)

 1.
  
 The thing about sci-fi is
 simplicity:
 a plot running like a monorail
 straight into distance,
 characters who lack
 complexity.  
  
 The hero slays a dragon.
 Three moons rise,
 one after another.
 Lacking a steed, the heroine
 summons a dragon
 out of the turbulent sea. 
  
 2.
  
 A reader says:
 “I don’t understand.
 Nothing like that
 has ever happened to me.
  
 “The trains here
 Mostly run on time.
 Most days we dine
 a little after eight.
  
 “Little happens 
 here that we
 cannot with ease
 anticipate.
  
 “Quirks of character
 are what engage
 and make me want
 to turn the page.”

 3.
 
 None the less
 the three moons rise,
 shedding rosy light
 on a vast plain. 
  
 An alien wizard
 with compound eyes
 pauses briefly
 to explain
  
 how things happen
 in this place
 outside ordinary
 time and space.