Take A Stand
or "how my neighbor's kids kinda saved the world"
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One fine summer afternoon
The ship touched down out back.
A greenish purple alien
oozed out a window crack.
~
I've no idea why the spaceship
landed in my yard
"You have one chance to save your world."
So I thought very hard...
~
How can I convince them
our existence shouldn't end?
Why one chance? That isn't fair.
Why me, and not a friend?
~
I hemmed and hawed, they rolled their eyes
"Your time is running out."
Well, crap, I thought, it's up to me
Earth's future is in doubt.
~
"Ten minutes till the clock is up"
There is no time for drives
To blue oceans or tall mountains
so how will I save our lives???
~
I tried in vain to find a book,
or movie worth a world,
and then I peeked out from the drapes
and hope within me swirled!
~
I brought them to the corner
where the neighbor's kids had made
a cardboard box into a stall
to sell some lemonade.
~
A crayon sign was taped up top
Scrawled in a child's hand
"two dollars, please" it said in red
I asked what they had planned...
~
For the money that they'd earn that day
they had some worthy thoughts
To share some excess from the "haves"
with our hometown's "have-nots"
~
I watched the creature's eyes well up
with fluid of some kind
as they sipped upon the lemonade
Could this have changed their mind???
~
I smiled at the alien,
and said, "can I assume,
that the giving spirit of these kids
has saved us from our doom?"
~
"What? No!" they scoffed,
"Such charity means nothing to our race
But lemonade is something
that we really need in space!"
~
Who knew some crappy lemonade
in tiny mason jars
would mean salvation to the Earth
and peace with "men" from Mars?
~~~
About the Creator
Donna Renee
Hi! Thanks for reading! My hobbies include making coffee, drinking coffee, and starting to write a story and then rage-deleting it when I get the slightest bit frustrated.
Work in Progress: WOWH, cozy mystery (paranormal elements)
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Comments (20)
It is the little things that matter most it would seem. Great poem and message.
Enjoyed the saving the world poem! It is great!😊💕
This was so cute and fun!! I love that lemonade saved the world!! Great work!!
This got a genuine laugh out of me Donna! "Lemonade is something we really need out in space" Great and very funny poem!
Really cool and charming entry Donna. Great work! ☺️👏 I see you have been busy. I’m well behind.
That was a great ending, love that so much! Who new that Country Time would come in so handy!!!
Haha loved the ending Great job Donna!
Not me reading your subtitle, seeing your cover pic and thinking that your neighbours kids saved the world by turning the alien into juice and drinking it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The lemonade was a plot twist for me hahahahaha because I seriously was expecting them to drink up the aliens! Loved your poem!
Very playful with a solid message, but damn, two dollars. I hope it wasn't served in a dixie cup, lol.
I love this. Really clever. Great job Donna!
Very cute! I loved so many of these lines, great take on the challenge!
Such a beautiful, fun poem with such an ironic end. Well done as always, Donna!
Creative and impressive!!! Who knew it that all they needed was lemonade 🍋 Loving your rhyming take a stand poem!!!
Very cute. Obviously sweet lemonade. Lol. Good luck.
Haha, so cleverly done, Donna! Definitely gets my vote for the contest! The storytelling was excellent and the humor did not disappoint! 😆
This was a cute poem, and somehow I knew the lemonade itself would save the day. 🤣
Lol. This is great. I'd have spiked it.
Just imagine how they’d react to a root beer float! Funny story 😆
Hahaha, I was wondering how it would end, 🍋 This Is Terrific, Storytelling❗
That was a fun read 😁... who knows, maybe if we meet up with aliens they would have empathy and choose to spare us for the right reasons 😂