{"id":230,"date":"2014-12-08T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=230"},"modified":"2014-12-08T17:31:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T01:31:19","slug":"its-alien-to-the-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=230","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s &#8216;Alien&#8217; To The Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s \u2018Alien\u2019 To The Aliens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was walking down a country road.<\/p>\n<p>I was all alone, looking for a toad.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I saw the thing coming out of the sky.<\/p>\n<p>A UFO here?&#8212;&#8211; I wondered why?<\/p>\n<p>It stopped over head 200 feet up.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom looked like a paper cup.<\/p>\n<p>It was metal, but, the shape, you see.<\/p>\n<p>Looked like a paper cup to me.<\/p>\n<p>All of a sudden a blue light came on.<\/p>\n<p>I was thinking \u2018color me gone.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Next thing I know I was lifted away.<\/p>\n<p>Scooped right up into its bay.<\/p>\n<p>What I saw then was really weird.<\/p>\n<p>Looked like overgrown veggies had appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Big green lumps like broccoli heads.<\/p>\n<p>Mushroom tops and carrot shreds.<\/p>\n<p>All apparently made of metal.<\/p>\n<p>There were even big things like a kettle.<\/p>\n<p>I got to my feet and walked around.<\/p>\n<p>There was nobody to be found.<\/p>\n<p>Then I saw what could have been a door.<\/p>\n<p>Except it was weird, coming out of the floor.<\/p>\n<p>I got close and it opened up.<\/p>\n<p>It led to a slide into a buttercup.<\/p>\n<p>I slid down into something soft.<\/p>\n<p>A spongy consistence set on a loft.<\/p>\n<p>Down below were alien beings.<\/p>\n<p>They were busy at whatever I was seeing.<\/p>\n<p>Then a voice came to me within my head.<\/p>\n<p>It was in English, not Martian instead.<\/p>\n<p>It must have been mental telepathy.<\/p>\n<p>I was alert with no lethargy.<\/p>\n<p>It said \u201cWelcome to the stellar ship Orion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said \u201cYou kidnapped me. I ain\u2019t lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelax, we only have a few questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope this isn\u2019t to teach me a lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does your race feel about alien beings?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say without first seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould they join a Space Federation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should ask the President\u201d I said with elation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not you all have an equal say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHell no!! Not in this world of today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems we have questioned the wrong person\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, I don\u2019t know. At least I\u2019m not cursing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next I knew I awoke in a pile of leaves.<\/p>\n<p>I was deep in a forest with many trees.<\/p>\n<p>I walked till I came to a road.<\/p>\n<p>Flagged down a truck with a heavy load.<\/p>\n<p>I found out I was \u00a0about 30 miles from home.<\/p>\n<p>I had lost a day in my \u2018stellar\u2019 roam.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t tell him of my situation.<\/p>\n<p>I just said I was on vacation.<\/p>\n<p>But, one thing I know as sure as bacon.<\/p>\n<p>If they ask the President, he\u2019ll make them<\/p>\n<p>honorary citizens if they vote for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave some food stamps.\u201d he\u2019ll say with a grin.<\/p>\n<p>But, he won\u2019t have us join any Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Only a Socialist society, then he\u2019ll take them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;R. W. 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