Visiting Neighbors
Stars implode into reality.
Ultraviolet flames through space.
Materialization into orbit, a loose circle.
Frictionless sides slide Earthward -- an
Elevator dropping so slowly to ground floor,
Settling bumplessly.
Small sun rises behind me.
Sailing over solid ground, I see initial contacts.
Wonder and fear succumb to revulsion, hostility.
Cries:"Go away; leave us alone!"
: "It's a giant snake!"
: "Shoot it!"
Pain seizes my outer self;
I sense death.
"I just wanted to
Borrow a cup of oil."