Hostage Poem

[dukealien]

Hostage Poem

Or might they be true
UFOs
relieved to throw off
old disguises?

I think they check in periodically to see if we've blown ourselves up, and then go back disappointed at being denied a peaceful colonisation

it'll have to be a meteorite strike again, like with those fractious lizards...

One can almost hear them thinking, "Brilliant idea, Knoj,  instead of all that stealth nonsense they were catching on to anyway, just include red and green navigation lights and flashing beacons, plus some decorative propellers!"  If one were able to think in Martian, that is.