OUR MUSIC

The aliens are, coming here
rushing head-over-heels
faster
than a guitar riff
because they love
our music

speakers blaring Zeppelin
and Hendrix
smashing the peace as
they hurtle through
the galaxy

reminding those
old enough to remember air cavalry choppers
colonizing the skies
of Vietnam

the aliens are coming here
now all the critical questions
of survival
relate to the possibility
of jam sessions

and whether our human
overlords
will let them land and
pluck and strum

or pull
the plug

desperate to
shut them out

Published by Damian Garside