Last night's moon was gleaming, <br />it unhinged me, sent me screaming, <br />manically, my fur bristling, <br />turning from human to wolf and <br />running naked into the woods! <br />I hope I didn't scare you? <br />We must have just missed each other, <br />you, that red, polka dotted alien <br />and I the deranged earthling. <br />Or maybe you spotted me earlier, <br />looking less than lovely with bad hair! <br />I was rushing out of the corner shop, <br />a jar of marmalade in one hand <br />and bottled water in the other. <br />This time of the month, the hunger kicks in <br />and I've a hankering for marmalade. <br />I couldn't help but notice you, <br />I felt an allegiance, a partnership <br />and called to your yellow space ship, <br />that one eyed monster in the sky <br />than wakes us up every morning, <br />flooding our planet with light.<br /><br />Ruth Walters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oh-alien-a-little-nonsense-for-halloween/