Aliens Traveling Light Speed from Another Galaxy, Observing Earth
(Translated from the Itsstcrrtch into English)
Look at these pathetic creatures!
Is this the best they can do?
afraid to leave their planet’s orbit
but once in thirty or forty years
to land on the nearest dead moon.
Instead they circle their planet
and re-enter the atmosphere
always with damage to their craft,
the weight of gravity too great upon them.
For this they send probes in their stead
to test, mine, and explore
the other planets closer to the sun.
They can’t even travel beyond the moon!
Why not crush these dwarfs now?
They have no future confined
to what will soon become
a little ball of dust and cloud.
Now teeming, they will one day
annihilate themselves.
We left our home planet light years ago
on the verge of its explosion
when we perfected hyperdrive
and defied gravity.
We saw these primitives in telescopes
at the dawn of their race
when they were but ape men
beating clubs in branches of trees.
At this time, we had not yet learned
to travel the speed of light.
We could only watch them
from a comfortable distance.
Now we have the power
to descend as gods on these bugs,
end their petty squabbles,
and make them serve our desires.
But hold! We should be wary
to take rash action
lest we forget why we left our home.
Instead, let us observe them,
send mocking messages to them,
and where necessary,
intervene to prevent disaster.
Let them discover for themselves
the mysteries of light speed
and hyper drive; the desire
to rise above their station
and leave their stifling planet
to discover the wide expanse
of the great cold void beyond.