FIRST STRIKE

FIRST STRIKE

aliens havs taken control
of Parow library

they are using their plasma
weapons to take out
all the poetry
classic novels and
books of philosophy

there were
not so many
but all are now gone

this alien high command
circling the northern suburbs
in their mothership
are openly
celebrating as
a titanic victory

the human race needs
to be even more unread
dull unimaginative
and stupid

to become the compliant
servants and slaves
the great
alien think tanks
are convinced we can be

LET ALONE MEET

LET ALONE MEET

wearing my shirt
totally Lovecraft coloured
black sarcophagus

in my backpack the book
that opens up secret passageways

me eyes
laser slice

stare down the sky provoking
extreme lightning

dark matter dark energy
anti matter
                    made of
the stuff
      you would
rather
not think about

let alone meet

WELCOME

WELCOME

welcome to the intergalactic
vessel Aristotle

headed towards
the galaxy Andromeda

the flight time is estimated
at three hundred
million years

we hope you enjoy
the flight

in the event of our
capture by
an alien civilization

please read the manual stored
behind the seat in front of you
detailing the entire
history of exo-, astro- and xenobiology
in science fiction
from HG Wells to
Philip K. Dick