Thursday, August 18, 2016
Urgent to Mars
The message marked “urgent”
Came yesterday. So much though
Was blanked. Perhaps interfered
With by a solar flare. This was
Likely for why would they not
Want us to know what was burning?
Our digital cameras picked up what
They could, heat signatures around
The globe. We studied the photos
With care. Most of the earth
Seemed aflame. Most of us here
Thought their Global Warming
Had at last managed combustion.
But what could we do? The
“Urgent” disturbed us. We read
The words again and again,
Without context, without sense:
“End, unless, further, along
Too late to, can’t leave it” and
“End.” Our queries were all
Returned marked “unknown.”
We will of course try again
For as long as it takes, but any
Urgency is there and not here.
Our ability to achieve planetary
Escape would be years away and
Such an endeavor won’t be pursued.
Our own needs are still water and air.
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