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Below, no more far fetched than Kafka’s deliberation on guilt and justice in “The Trial,” a consideration that altered many a reader’s sense of consciousness.
What if... By Odin Roark What if We're perceived as ugly With only two arms And two eyes Strange hair growth Surrounding that which emits sound? What if We look back at them Acknowledge multiple appendages No eyes Radar-like awareness What they perceive Changing the color of their bodies? What if Our flowers Trees Animals Waters Soils Represent help for aliens to understand Man's regression into Pre-multiple cell life reason? What if What if Might that bring man's elected officials To a modicum of auditory Visual And visceral awareness? Enough to make aliens pity Enough to cause governing consciousness to awaken Enough to reclaim sentient being identity? What if...

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Date: 5/3/2013 7:41:00 PM
What if you're right? Like it ...good one..
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