The Alien

But then I felt the warming up so gently in my hand,
Soft throbbing and a humming which I couldn’t understand.
I looked at the ball of metal nestling right there in my palm
Wond’ring what it was and could it cause me any harm

As I watched it slowly opened up just like a flower bud
A little man stepped out of it, just like a little God
He shook and seemed to swell ’til he was full four inches tall
He said “Now don’t you worry, ’cause I won’t hurt you at all”

He said “I’ve come so many miles, from far away in space
“I’m on a peaceful mission for I’ve come to save your race”
He told me then such wisdom, disclosed the Key to Earthly Peace
And oh, such wond’rous tales that I would never wish him cease

Just then a greedy Magpie who’d been foraging behind
Swept down and grabbed  and  gobbled up the Hope of all mankind