from a far distant world
in a large yellow ship
that blinked as it twirled.
It rounded the moon,
and entered our sky.
We knew they had come
but we didn't know why.
Bright the next morning,
with noisy commotion,
the ship slowly moved
out over the ocean.
It lowered a tube
and drained the whole sea
for transport back home
to their galaxy.
The tube then sucked up
the clouds and the air,
causing no small amount
of earthling despair.
With nothing to breathe,
we started to die.
"HELP US! PLEASE STOP!"
was the public outcry.
A hatch opened up
and the aliens said,
"WE'RE SORRY TO LEARN
THAT YOU SOON WILL BE DEAD,
BUT THOUGH YOU MAY FIND
THIS SLIGHTLY MACABRE,
WE PREFER YOUR EXTINCTION
TO THE LOSS OF OUR JOB."
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