Independence day was the day the earth stood still
Their flying saucers hovering over the most recognizable of major cities
The ones with landmarks that look good on TV
With their death rays and plans for invasion
Prepared to steal our water, snatch our bodies, and protect ourselves from ourselves
Mars attacks and the war of the worlds
It was the day that a UFO landed on the Whitehouse lawn
Because it’s traditional
Little green men walking down a ramp saying “take me to you leader”
…and then they ran away
Flew away as fast as the laws of movie physics would allow
With a new appreciation for the dark forest theorem
But it was not because of our military might
or tenacity
Or Wells’ microbes
or being quiet
or a song by Slim Whitman
What ET found was a people in need of universal healthcare and the ability to go to the dentist
Whole nations in need of hope for the future and a promise of things getting better
Or just food and clean water
Consumers wanting refuge from predatory capitalism or just to not to be only considered consumers
A world being burned down around its inhabitants in the name of GDP and the disputing of climate change consensus
A life supporting environment poisoned by those who need it most
Humanity did not want to fight back, to resist
Humanity wanted to be taken away
Not just a willing alien abduction, but a demanded one
This was no longer an invasion
It was more like a rescue mission
The other world life forms wanted no part of this tragedy
Even xenomorphs have standards
And they left saying “don’t flatter yourselves”
So we were to be forever alone in the universe
Because we could not get our shit together.
Image courtesy of Pixabay
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