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The Martians hovered
there, a blue light glaring,
I saw them as I
worked my plough and team,
the horses walked
away while I was staring,
then suddenly I felt
the tractor beam.
I had no choice, I'm
old and tired and careworn,
the beam was like a
white magnetic shaft.
I tried to stay on
Earth but soon was airborne,
and flying in a
beeline to their craft.
Inside their ship I
saw a huge computer,
two Martians at the
keyboard waved to me,
they pressed some
buttons, then I heard a hooter,
a robot waiter
brought a pot of tea.
They made me eat a
rather funny sandwich,
the bread was made
from greenish Martian dough,
I swallowed it and
understood their language,
the biggest Martian
smiled and said: "Hello!"
I gulped some tea
and stammered out a greeting,
deciding I should
try a simple bluff,
I asked them:
"What's the purpose of this meeting?"
The smallest said:
"We want to know some stuff.
"There's something
that has caused us some confusion,
your planet's on the
brink of total loss,
as every day you
push out more pollution,
yet no-one seems to
really give a toss!"
The big one said:
"You know the situation,
yet take no action,
let your planet bleed,
but why would man
allow such decimation?"
I hung my head and
sadly answered: "Greed."
"We thought as
much," the small one said, quite teary,
"we needed
confirmation of the fact,
and now that you
have verified our theory
we have no choice at
all - we have to act."
"You men," the big
one stated, "live for money,
you never give a
thought for things you spoil,
you took a world
that ran with milk and honey,
and killed it in
your wicked lust for oil.
"And now you look to
sky for further glory,
another virgin
planet to explore,
the future will
relate the same old story,
you never have
enough - it's always more!"
They set me back on
Earth and vanished Marswards,
but left no doubts
that they will soon attack,
I look towards the
sky and hear their last words:
"Farewell for now -
don't worry - We'll be Back!"
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