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Close Encounters
by Ted Slade

  Such flights on the wild side
  would've delighted old Sigmund -
  tales of abduction,
  of unwanted probes
  in unmentionable orifices
  by fragile grey creatures
  with almond-shaped eyes
  and squid-shaped limbs.

  Sexier by far
  than those boring old dreams
  of running through glue,
  of snakes up the arse,
  rats gnawing at your balls.
  Or memories of daddy
  in flagrante
  with the teddy bear.

  At least now we know
  our place in the Universe -
  fag-end of a fag-end of a galaxy,
  suitable case for study,
  endangered species perhaps,
  or a new source of protein
  for the lap-dogs
  of lesser gods.
 

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