The lovely tipsy alien
The night a light appeared in the sky, and I found a friend.

Deep within my besotted and slumbering dream
Where butterflies floated in splendid colors of green
I heard a distant droning, screeching and whirring
Sounding deep within my mind was an unusual stirring
Inebriated and with whisky breath pointedly offending
My eyes opened, hoping t'was only the sky pretending
Within the car I mumbling-ly, drunkenly slumbered
All my troubles hoping to be totally dis-remembered
Then came a crash, blinding lights and fireworks?
I staggered to the great big crater as the ground dirked and jerked
Three lovely creatures emerged from the strange round fiery object
Rapidly I blinked, trying to make sense of this unusual subject
Three ships from space, my eyes completely unfocused
Nope, they merge into one. One ship and one lovely 'hocus pocus'
For surely, I was still in the car drunk dreaming
Hands reached out and grabbed my bottle...No! Me screaming
Too late, the lovely thing, thinking it be water or some quencher
Gulped down the burning, stinging liquid, seeking needed drencher
Flinging the bottle far into the night...she yelled bloody murder
It flew so far, no way it could have made it any further
Luckily there were tons of bottled water
Which I offered with much unwise laughter
I ante-ed up some to save me from the alien blaster
Pointed squarely at my giddy mirthful face
What a way to greet a visiting race
Laughter and alcohol, I felt I needed to atone
So tomorrow, I will buy her an earth phone
And introduce her to our wonderful earthly home
Ocean, art, music, food, dancing and the wonders of our diversity
She smiles at my offer, looking forward to sharing the earth's mystery
Now we both sit on the hood of the faithful car
Wistfully pondering the beauty and splendor of the stars
She reached out a pretty finger, touched my throbbing temple
All my cares evaporated in one moment of clear dissemble
I laid my body back against the cool glass feeling rejuvenated
I felt freed from all my earthly cares, no room for discourse debated
We rested quietly for a very long time betwixt dream and reality
And then we spoke of our world and ones beyond our gravity
Friendship is the first thing that I hope to share
And to convince her that on our planet, there is much to spare!

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Cover image by NightCafe studio.
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Novel Allen
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Comments (17)
Great work Novel! βΊοΈπ Misses this one! π
Novel, I love your zany insights and how much fun you have with poetry! It's like watching a master at work, they way you form lines and choose your words! This was such a great laugh and so well written! Great work Novel!!
gorgeously penned! I loved the friendship theme! Your cover photo is gorgeous as well! Well done! ππΎππΎππΎππΎ
Awww, this was so wonderful. It started off very funny and then it took a more serious tone. I loved it!
Absolutely be neat to make friends with an alien
Nice one, Novel. Great poem and that lead photo is awesome.
Good thing you had those bottles of water before she "whisked-ye" away to an alien tribunal for assaulting her taste buds with such fire. Very nice sentiment in a very nice poem, my friend.
Beautiful alien and the poem!
The rhymes were so dreamy and effortless. Great entry, Novel!
π€£Oh, yes, my Novel is back! This sparkles, my dear. β¨
I love it! Great poem! π
"mumbling-ly, drunkenly" Oh, yes, I've been there. Very nice, Novel! I agree with Gerald's Poe identification.
I loved this. It has the flow and feeling of something by Poe!!! Excellent work.
Great job on storytellingπ π½πβ€οΈπ
This one is lovely!! And I agree with Mike about that image!!! π€―π€―β€οΈ
Wow, I like it very much!
Excellent take on the challenge, some great rhyming and love the main image