Contact With Extra-Terrestrials

Contact with Extra-Terrestrials? By Elton Camp Our galaxy is an enormous place Extends into the depths of space Even a “nearby” star is so far Trip there physics does bebar Even at light’s amazing speed Full four years we would need Spaceship can never go that fast So many decades trip would last Would make hard the rule To take along enough fuel Also would be incredible feat To carry along enough to eat If on the way, vessel needs repair Not a single soul will ever be there Own mending you must try Not good enough? You die. Really, to it is no need to go. Has no planets, experts know It is true many planets have been found Outside our own solar system’s bound Most are nothing but a gassy ball Can’t support any human life at all Few are found with solid crust But are dry, hot covered by dust Perhaps a place like Earth is there But we have not a clue as to where Naught to put us right on the track To find needle in cosmic haystack SETI has listened well for many a year Not a single intelligent signal to hear Does it mean nobody is out there? Or to make contact they don’t care? Maybe aliens are more advanced than we. Have found some way our Earth to see. Discovered just how they can stay alive While exceeding light with warp drive If space is curved like they say, Wormholes may show the way If find there some cosmic kink, Travel through space in a wink Why in space-time should they slip? What here could be worth the trip? Why would they come so very far To view a planet of hate and war?