Visitors

there is a flying saucer
hovering,
a huge motherfucker
from the Planet Crouton
in galaxy triple X ten
Star Zone alpha omega delta-fy
and with ray guns enough
to destroy the city
but for some reason
doesn't,
and lands on the roof of
Dunkin' Donuts
and a little man crawls out
and goes inside
and asks for the key to
the restroom
but they won't give it to him
because
he is not a paying customer.



Wayne F. Burke's poetry has appeared in Bluestem, the bicycle review, Red Savina, Forge, Insert, Black Wire, Curbside Splendor, The commonline Journal, and elsewhere.  His book of poems WORDS THAT BURN is published by Bareback Press (2013).