A Warning To Aliens
When sharks kill people we go hunt them,
though the sea's not our home, it is theirs,
and when we trespass and get kicked in the ass
do the same thing to Lions and bears.
The Aztecs fell foul of the Spanish,
the Incas wiped out by them too,
later Western marauders extended their borders
and took out Commanche and Sioux.
On the side of the Pioneer space probe
you'll find a gold anodized plaque,
in the 70's we sent it, to you we have lent it
but one day we would like it back.
The plaque has a man and a woman,
man's hand raised in peace as you'll see,
but when we cross new frontiers
I think that my main fear
is you won't understand irony.
Copyright © Viv Wigley | Year Posted 2017
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