Everyone but Me

There are aliens afoot –

aliens at hand –

some who go kaput –

some we know we’ll never understand.

There are aliens who watch –

aliens who swim –

some who scratch their crotch

some who may be her or may be him.

There are aliens who grate –

aliens who calm –

some we’d like to date –

some on whom we'd like to drop a bomb.

There are aliens who kill –

aliens who don’t –

some who pay the bill –

some we pray will pay one day but won’t.

There are aliens who spar –

aliens who kiss –

some who may go far –

some who only wish for the abyss.

There are aliens we spoof,

aliens we flee:

all of whom are proof

everyone’s an alien but me.

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