You are creatures from outer space;
No one knows your dwelling place.
Your appearance makes us scream;
For us a different species you seem.
You visit our Earth using UFOs;
Afraid, we treat you as our foes.
The powers that you have within
Make us think you and angels are akin.
Wrapped in loose and wrinkled skins,
You appear to one another as ideal twins.
Your bare bodies you wantonly expose,
Wearing no clothes from head to toes.
A UFO from outer space
Paused to observe the human race
They all want cash
But live in trash
So mark our maps, "Forget This Place"!
Have you ever witnessed a real UFO?
Those things with lights in the night sky;
Moving bizarrely around?
Unidentified crafts
Perhaps they are some
Angels that are
Playing games
In the
Sky?
Unidentified. Flying light show, I don't know. Orbiting night sky.
Until the day we know for sure,
Flying crafts will make us think
Outer space has beings who
May seem to be a missing link.
Unidentified is what
The people who’ve had sightings claim.
Many wackos hope “abduction”
Will bring them desired fame.
Still, it’s something to consider –
If such objects do appear
And their occupants surpass us,
Why would they be stopping here?
Surely there are other planets
More appealing, which is why
UFOs, if they exist,
Would more than likely pass us by.
for Robert Heemstra's Project UFO Contest
UFOs are often unknown objects
Flying from distant galaxies and
Operated by little green men.
Unsettling to say the least,
Fearing abduction by
Odd little creatures.
Uncounted numbers of people
Fiercely claim to have been captured
Operated on and returned to Earth.
Unfounded rumors have caused
Frightened people to imagine
Oodles of ogres had emerged from
Unreal aircraft with
Futuristic characteristics, followed by
Obscene, terrifying scenarios.
April 10, 2013
(Life apart from Earth is to be expected, BUT are they visiting us in flying saucers? An appeal to reason.)
Lunatics Love UFOs
By Elton Camp
Unidentified objects often appear in the sky
But that sure doesn’t mean that aliens fly
An important fact the lunatic fringe does curse
Light velocity is the speed limit of the universe
The next nearest star is four light years away
What, to a reasonable person, does that say?
Unless “aliens” don’t have to eat or drink
Could they make that long trip, you think?
Even if to this earth they could somehow get
How could they possibly get much benefit?
They would be vastly more advanced than we
What, of value to them, could they possibly see?
Kill cows and abduct some ignorant hillbilly?
Doesn’t that seem, to you, extremely silly?
Those who believe in aliens, ignorance reveal
By claiming there is a vast conspiracy to conceal
UFO believers, to convince others do your worst
But expect rational folks to laugh until they burst
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