Aliens Versus Men Poem by john tiong chunghoo

'why cant we see
the aliens though
they are everywhere? '

'because they are
moving faster than light,
faster than our thoughts'

'why cant they stop
down to talk to us? '

'because our intelligence
is too low for them to
communicate with us.
it is like asking us to talk
with rats.'

why cant they stop to
elevate us to their level
since they are so intelligent?

'cos men have not
given up the animals
in them. men might
turn immediately
against them.'

'did they introduce
religion to help us
love each other,
to silence the beast in us? '

'did it help? '

'not really. see all
the wars in the name
of religion? '

' are we doomed? '

'Remember the dinosaurs
which never went beyond
body size and that fateful meteor.'

'Is that a lesson for us? '

'A big big lesson.'