Alien Voice By Melissa Campana

Alien Voice

How do you know, asked the boy with the ball,

That when I throw this, it won’t disappear

Up into the sky, way beyond the stars,

Past Saturn’s rings and through new galaxies?

How do you know that an alien child

Won’t come across it while he is gliding

Over his town in his flying saucer

And bring it home to his alien mom?

How do you know that his alien dad

Won’t stare at it until he knows it’s safe

For his son to put on his head because

Let’s be realistic, by the time it

Travels way beyond the stars and passes

Saturn’s rings, into a new galaxy,

It probably won’t look much like a ball,

But more like a deflated piece of crap.

So, mom and dad, I hope that you do know,

That when I throw this, it won’t disappear

Up into the sky, way beyond the stars,

Past Saturn’s rings and through new galaxies,

Because I love this ball and enjoy it

Much more than an alien kid would if

His dad inspected it and allowed him

To wear it on his head as a strange hat

Seeing as they would never have guessed that

Before it traveled beyond the stars, past

Saturn’s rings, and into their galaxy,

It was spherical and used as a toy

By an alien boy with only two

Eyes, ears, arms, hands, legs, and feet, and one nose.

And one mouth that spoke an alien voice.

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How do you

BY KABIR

Poem of the day 4/6/13

How do you,

Asks the chief of police,

Patrol a city

Where the butcher shops

Are guarded by vultures;

Where bulls get pregnant,

Cows are barren,

And calves give milk

Three times a day;

Where mice are boatmen

And tomcats the boats

They row;

Where frogs keep snakes

As watchdogs,

And jackals

Go after lions?

Does anyone know

What I’m talking about?

Says Kabir.