Wednesday, August 17, 2011

I think only when space aliens threaten us



I think only when space aliens threaten us
will there be
sleek bullet trains and green-grid volts,
science-trained brains and high-speed nets,
great public spaces of pleasure and arts,
a people-first sense of a future day.

We need space aliens to threaten US
to do what we could have done anyway
—without all the stifling, moronic fuss.




Note: more alien invasion stuff in the news
placed in Poets United Poetry Pantry #63




4 comments:

  1. oh, i love this. bravo. what an intriguing thought! xo

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  2. I agree, Philip. Only whenwe face an outside threat will we settle our differences an behave properly to each other. Sad, isn't it?

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