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Above Image credit: 1953 New Yorker cartoon by Alex Graham

night... bright flash of light
strange silhouettes approach horse-
take us to leader
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Poet's notes:
08/21/2018
"The first words of a conversation initiated by aliens were immortalized in a 1953 New Yorker cartoon by Alex Graham… The cartoon depicted two aliens telling a four-legged animal—perhaps a donkey, perhaps a horse—”Kindly take us to your President!” | New York Times