A Visitor From Space

A Visitor From Space By Elton Camp Asteroids are being discovered at a furious rate One, however, was found entirely too late From an unusual angle toward Earth it came For its tardy discovery, no one was to blame Its orbit, the Earth’s was sure to intersect There was no time to destroy or to deflect That Earth would survive was very clear But great harm there was cause to fear When it streaked flaming from the sky It could be that millions would die As hard as scientists proceeded to try The impact point couldn’t specify Worldwide panic authorities did face Since they couldn’t tell any safe place Some folks spent the time in prayer About sex and drink did others care The huge rock hit just off the coast Danger aplenty, though not the most A tsunami rose a hundred feet high Far from shore, multitudes did die It didn’t prove to be the planet’s demise But, with fear, survivors watch the skies