Alien

This would be a poem inspired by a dream!

Illustrations by Joseph

This would be a poem inspired by a dream!

 

Illustrations by Joseph

ALIEN 

 
I was trying for hours to get some kip
But wasn't tired - not one little bit!
Sensed something peculiar in the cold night air
And couldn't sleep - it just wasn't fair!

Fed up with counting sheep in their hoards
My mind running riot in amusing thoughts!
Trying not to laugh at the baa lambs in my mind
Or some imaginary being though not of our kind.

But then I thought I heard a sound -
A whirling noise outside on the ground
With flashing blue and green neon lights
Out there in the still, inky night.

I stared out of my window and what did I see -
A googly eyed alien peering in at me!
I rubbed my eyes, was it all in my head?
As I sat up bolt right on my bed.

It was a funny colour, tinged Blue and Pink
And was so small I had to double blink!
"Are you for real" I shouted out
Trying to figure out what all this was about.

It started to speak in our English language
And swore it was eating some kind of sandwich!
"Would you like a bite" it asked and showed me the spread
Which looked like Tuna inside wholemeal bread.

This surely is not real as I turned on my light -
An Alien eating a sandwich out there in the night?
I found it even more bizarre
As it stood there with a Milky Bar.

Then it gobbled down some Haribo sweets
With some pick and mix he ate with his feet!
Covered in Blueberry Fromage Frais:

Then I offered my smoothie just made up today.

"Do you mind if I come in and eat at your table?"
The Alien asked showing me his bagel.
"It's just that out here I'm making a mess
With cream cheese and cress - can I be your guest?"

I Let the alien in, on a kitchen chair it sat -

Centimetres away from my ginger Tom Cat
Whose back had arched and tail stood straight
As the Alien finished off the fish from his plate!

 

“I’m so thirsty” it said in a posh voice

Opened the fridge where there was much choice,

A pint of milk - which swelled up its belly

Then it sat down and watched my telly!

 

And in the microwave a ready meal

Of Spaghetti bolognaise – eaten with the seal!

Some strawberry jam spread thickly on bread

Around its mouth ‘til it was sticky and red.

 

So very sweet and very jammy -

The marmite was a double whammy!

Its toes now in the peanut butter,

My home was now full of food clutter!

 

A cooked chicken already to eat

The alien said he liked poultry meat,

Full of protein and vitamins

“For my growth and all other good things”

 

 It ate and ate and did not want to stop,

It’s A wonder that his tummy didn’t go pop!

The hungry alien that was so famished

Had eaten all my snacks until they vanished!

I asked and I know it sounded a little rude,
Why all of its interests were just of food?
But the Alien answered with just a nod
As he carried on chewing his battered Cod!

(I wondered why it wasn't fatter
After eating so much oil and batter)
As it rummaged through my rubbish bin
Eating the scraps of food from within.

"Oh I'd eat anything and everything!”
The little alien said with a grin.
With a whole tin of mushy peas
And from the deli – half a kilo of cheese!

 

 How very weird but very funny

An alien with a rotund tummy!

Short skinny legs, huge flat feet

The strangest thing I’ve cared to greet!

 

Antennae ear, slit for a mouth

That opened up from north to south!

Ate my dessert of Eton mess

And anything it could possess!

It ate my flake - my banana milkshake!
Then he finished off my homemade Carrot cake!
"Hey, that took me ages to make!"
Does this Alien ever take a non eating break?

It offered me some Strawberries and cream
But in the next few seconds I woke from my dream,
Thank goodness! I thought that was for real!
Thinking thoughts that were so surreal.

A hungry Alien? How silly is that!
As I bent down to pet my sleepy cat.
He purred so softly as I stroked
But looked full of worry as he awoke.

My ginger Tom Cat Meowed for his fish

There should have been some left over in his dish!
As I left a plateful out the night before
And wondered why he wanted more?

My kitchen table had run amok
With items from my food cupboard stock
I must have slept walked in the night
Felt hungry and had had a bite!

 

There were crumbs, sweet wrappers, empty tins

A terrible mess around my upside down bin

No milk for my tea, no cheese for my lunch

Where are my bananas – there were a bunch!

But as I looked out of my window...........I let out a cry
When I saw a bright neon lit spaceship passing by!
And in it an Alien tinged Pink and Blue
Oh my goodness - it really was true!

Copyright Linda Lawrence

8th March 2007