ALIENS HAVEN'T KILLED US

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ALIENS HAVEN'T KILLED US

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Aliens haven't killed us

We might be delicious

The Earth might be a treasure trove of natural resources

Our planet might be ideal for colonization

Yet aliens haven't killed us

Probably for the same reason that we don't travel to South America

Hack our way through dense jungles

Until we find one specific ant 

And stomp on it

But we have not done that

Sought out and killed one insignific-ant

Because it is simply not worth the effort

There would be no compelling advantage gained

And the ant is virtually anonymous

Invisible in the vast expanse of jungle 

Not the focus of a civilization so advanced they seem magical

Once in a while a scientist might assemble an exploration team

To fight their way through the obstacles

At great expense and effort

To observe the ants in their natural environment

Or even abduct one

Swooping down from above with bright lights and scientific equipment

Which would be alarming and mysterious to the other ants

If they were capable of wondering what happened to

One of them, and if one was returned

What a strange unbelievable tale they would tell

Of being lifted up, taken to some sterile laboratory

And examined inside and out

I think we might benefit from being quiet, unnoticed

Unobserved, in our travels around the Milky Way

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