The Vicar and the Alien
I'm sure the creature fell from outer space;
I found a crater with its capsule in -
it crawled towards me then, devoid of kin,
with tentacles and multi-coloured face.
I shouted, 'Welcome to the human race'
and thought the waving movements of its limbs
responded to my idea: singing hymns.
I sang in tenor, baritone and bass,
and said, 'Perhaps you'd like to join my choir?'
It seemed to think, but then it gurgled, 'No',
and spinning round and round, it flew.
The capsule revving up appeared on fire -
my alien was surely set to go,
and off it went with smoke and sparks of blue...
written 21st October for Brian's contest
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