They thought of deep-cratered wreckage <br />Wormhole mouths agape <br />Vermillion dots on radar; <br />A scattered mess of bloodspots <br /> <br />Out in the lizard-linked desert <br />A scrawny birdform ambles airbourne <br />Survival brained just like us <br /> <br />And so in the town of the astronauts <br />Earthbound, house proud spouses <br />Cradle heavy photo frames <br /> <br />The media hawks went feeding <br />While a runway lay abeyant <br />Thronging with tiny insects <br />Stretching empty to vanishing point<br /><br />Jay Allard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/colombia-2003/
