around thirty pairs of turquoise eyes as still as gods
gazed below the reeling clouds
and to the left and low
skimming the thrumming city nightscape
two dazzling orbs floated back and forth
peeling dripping vibrant streams
sliver pulsations of a silvery olive
luminous ribbons sparkled and drifted
down-lighting the raven-tress air marveling skipped
oh and how the milky way star-ships glittered..
i had such a strange feeling too uncanny to explain
so so strange
i cannot even begin to explain..
bedazzled
through powerful binoculars i witnessed for minutes delightful
the pouring lights on my left moving back and forth
all while the ones very high above
a whole battalion of stock-still boomerangs
and certainly professor brian cox
would have waterfall-pissed his sceptical bbc twin-pillar pants
twas swamp gas i beseech you
twas swamp gas you fools
they live far too far away..
i waved them hi the ones who do not exist
and after drinking my fill
for more earthly matters alas i had to walk away..
a few hours later i checked in again
the lower ones leftward had vanished to who-knows-where
yet the ones in the heavens were stacked up observing
swimming sliding vertical horizons
sea horse graceful gymnastic gravitics
mulling the earthling planet rented
full of tin can 60s museum-piece spaceships
and space suits made by a bra manufacturer
the oblivious twinkling firefly planes taking off and landing..
and in this universe of creation
we are the only game in town
and in the middle of a stadium of watching trillions
be a clever goldfish
lean against the glass all knowing
and peer at your misshapen reflection and out at nothing and no-one..
how lucky i was to witness
faraway sentinels skinny-dip their boundless ether endless sea
i waved again just to be friendly
twas remarkable enchanting awe-inspiring
and yes more than a little eerie..
i wonder
are the visitors back on their planet recounting to their friends
the funny episode of that strange small faraway dot of a being
from a steel and glass cave seemingly waving up at them..
oh don't be silly
absolutely no way
we were far too far away..
