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# Mercury Encounter
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/mercury-encounter/
- Published: 2021-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Speedy was surprised by the alien having legs, not wheels
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Haiku, Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Speedy was surprised  
by the alien  
having legs, not wheels

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**Author notes:** Robot SPD-13, also known as "Speedy", was the name of the robot in Asimov's Mercury story in I,Robot https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783817-Sci-Fi-Image-Haiku-Welcome-Contest-