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Chilling With The Alien

E.T. The Extracurricular Activity

By Po IveyPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
Chilling With The Alien
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My six fingered friend

Formally informs me that

That depictions of aliens

Are offensive descriptions

Outside The Milky Way

"We don't all look like that"

So we watch T.V. instead

"We are not like that"

Either

Based on the books I've read

"I wish I was a human"

He says

So he could "fit into one of those human spine based, foam beds"

I show him everything about aliens on Earth

He says he "feels even worse"

These movies are "inaccurate, and poorly rehearsed"

Halloween costumes

only seem to mock him

The extra stock in the back

also lacks accurate feed back

out of options

I say "Let's take a road trip"

You can see the "human geography"

His prognosis is

"it will be fun--probably--"

We get in the Earth wagon

And cruise The States

all other places

result in a similar fate

"Cool planet, dude"

Whoops...

We went to

Area 52

humor

About the Creator

Po Ivey

Po Ivey lives in Madison, WI; where he writes fiction in his free time. His inspiration includes Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick and William Gibson. He writes about the nuances that make the whole world a cast of actors. He also plays music.

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