A flying saucer filled with little green men
Was taking a trip through some new galaxies
To explore distant, lost and forgotten corners,
And perhaps solve a few universal mysteries.
They also wanted to share with willing planets
All the secrets that their people had discovered
About how to stop hunger and cure disease,
And how to live peacefully with one another.
They came upon a serene and beautiful world
Glowing in rich hues of blue, white and green.
They all agreed it was the most gorgeous place
That any one of them could remember seeing.
They wanted to zip down and take a closer look
But they scanned the sky for transmissions first.
They had no idea what kind of beings lived there
And they'd learned it's wise to expect the worst.
Though their weapons could destroy the small planet,
They always hoped to find peace, harmony and goodwill.
Their captain said, "Surely, with such a wonderful world,
The creatures there would have lost all desire to kill."
The first signal that they picked up was a movie.
It was a documentary about the Vietnam war.
They were disappointed and almost turned away
But the captain said, "Wait, I want to see more."
So they continued scanning the earth's airwaves
Until a new image appeared on their screen.
It was a porno movie they were all shocked to see
Because it was so animalistic, vulgar and obscene.
Their world and their hearts were so advanced,
Such abuse made some of them start crying.
They had looked into the eyes of the earth girl
And saw that her young spirit was dead or dying.
"Enough!" one said, "I can take no more of these sights!
How could such a glorious world become so depraved?
Obviously, nothing at all is sacred or precious to them.
Such ungrateful creatures don't deserve to be saved."
The captain said, "Yes, this is very discouraging
But let's not give up on this poor planet too fast.
There must be some good people among them.
Otherwise, how did they all flourish and last?
Drat the luck, the next signal they found was Jerry Springer
And all they could do was shake their heads with dismay.
A scuffle ensued when one said, "Okay, that does it!"
And reached for the button labeled "Blow Them Away".
"Wait! Don't!" the Captain ordered once more, still hoping.
"I can't believe there's not one ounce of goodness down there.
We'll keep searching all day if we have to, gosh darn it!
In fact, forget TV, we'll try the Internet. It's only fair."
They surfed around and found nothing but porn sites
And people arguing violently about some war in Iraq.
There were even sites that seemed to celebrate death.
The Captain cried for the humanity we apparently lack.
Then he found a site that was not offensive or crass,
Lit with soft colors and adorned at the top by a bird.
They read many poems and author pages for hours
But couldn't find one hateful or discouraging word.
"You see!" the Captain said, feeling well-vindicated.
"I told you that no person or planet is entirely bad!"
The poets at "All Poetry" should be ruling the world!
Then maybe, just maybe, things wouldn't be so sad."
So they all agreed that there was hope for earth yet
But that it still wasn't safe to come down and greet us.
Armed to the teeth as we are, and so full of distrust,
It clearly wasn't the right time for them to meet us.
But they printed all the works of every All Poetry writer
To show their superiors that a smidgen of hope was alive
For this lost and war-torn planet, floating alone in space,
And they prayed to their god that we'd somehow survive.
Then they turned back around and headed into the stars,
Hoping to discover more civilized worlds to visit and bless.
We human beings have never been able to get it together
But without AP, brother, we'd be in even more of a mess!
Bronze trophy winner
Adding your comment:
Of course, with poets like you, sooner or later, everyone will come to know what allpoetry is like.
Great job!
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...excellent!
And yes, AllPoetry has been a wonderful refuge for me the last few years
Very cool, Mark...I used to say, if there is intelligent life out there, between 'Shake Your Booty' & 'Don't Squeeze the Charmin', they'll keep right on goin'...
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