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Unnoticed Flying Object
by Clive Davies → (All Poetry by Clive Davies)
Thursday, March 21, 2019    Rated "G" by the Author.
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The rising wave of 'cellcoholics' inspired me to write this poem, UFO


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UFO
By Clive Davies

I found a flying saucer buried in the ground
I cleaned it up and changed the oil then flew it into town
I took it to my garage but they didn't know the make
So a bicycle repair shop checked the tyres and fixed the brakes

I went flying up the main street fascinated looking down
I almost hit the town hall in my frolicking around
People on the pavements, walking, focused on their phones
The masses and their millstones, I could almost hear their groans

The kids were on their phones too when I hovered at the school
But no one looked up to see me, so I headed for the zoo
The monkeys saw me, they all looked up, except for the kangaroo
Who came hopping over for a ride, along with a gnu

I scooted away from this animal fray, it was people I meant to impress
So I found a gathering of soccer fans at the stadium address
I hovered over their football match though all eyes were on the ball
I saw the goal and heard their cheers, but nobody saw me at all

In fact nobody was everywhere though nobody noticed my ride
Even a spaceship cannot whack it, fact is, people are pre-occupied
I wound up browned off and down in the dumps, even though I was up in the air
It's rather incredible, actually inedible, I didn't stand an evening prayer

I found it a dull place wherever I flew over house and street and town
Going up proved a come down, a totally turnabout run-around
Wearing a clown face I quickly about-faced and me and my saucer flew home
I chewed some choicy adjectives, parked in my backyard aerodrome

In a black mood I lowered it back in its hole and shovelled in soil with a sigh
I threw in some sods then threw a salute, feeling sad as I whispered goodbye
Later on, on my phone some one tweeted about a kangaroo and a gnu
That heaped problems on keepers by running around, amok and at large in the zoo
 

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 Reviews of "Unnoticed Flying Object"
Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on March 23, 2019
I'm with Ron on this one. Thanks for the laugh.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 22, 2019
This delightful write clearly belongs in the humor category. I kept chuckling all the way through especially with the humans and their preoccupations that made it unable for them to see a flying object nearly right before their eyes. A wonderful allegory for our times.

Ron

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on March 21, 2019
lets have more of that running amok
budd


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