ON MARS
do not breathe the air
the atmosphere
will scramble your brains
more than
they have already
been
scrambled
this is the red planet
getting redder by the day
planet of war and
hard masculinity
in human mythology
sister planet; brother world
look into this glass
and see our world, the one
you left behind
collapse into chaos
the Martians, though, are
ready for you
have read that story
by Ray Bradbury
are about to lull you into
the belief that
there can be a place
in this Universe to
find or build
equivalent to Heaven
will strike and destroy
when you are living that
dream
threatening to
destroy their civilization, colonize
them out of existence
sometimes ones salvation
lies in the strategy
most insidious of all
poems 2 die for 