Pride To Hype And Delusions To Keep Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Surrounded we are,
By visitors coming from other stars.
More advanced in intelligence,
And far beyond our self-centered limitations.
Although we would like to perceive ourselves,
As the creators of the Universe...
Probing the Cosmos,
To detect other forms of life...
Progressing to create conflicts,
To depict who best can destroy themselves...
With greed, deception to feed corruption.
And chaos with uncertain purpose,
Defective of any effectiveness.

'We must protect our borders,
From the aliens.
And profile those we deem suspicious.
You know...
The ones intelligent AND ambitious.'

~What about those 'foreigners' with cash?
Buying up all the landmarks.
And valuable property that exists,
From coast to coast wherever it sits? ~

'They are different.
We welcome their investments,
And with much interest.'

~So what is it that is being protected? ~

'Pride to hype and delusions to keep.'

~Well...
In that case,
Let's just stay focused...
On fears to face, threats and terrorists.
At least the doing of it always entertains.~

'And don't forget,
There are those with their religious beliefs.
So chill that extraterrestial stuff.
There are some folks who still can not accept,
The Sun does not rise or set...
But the Earth actually orbits to rotate around it.'

~LIES!
I don't want to hear anymore of that,
DEVIL talk.~