'Yo! Mr President, there's something in the air ',
said a US White House general, as he made his boss aware. 
'You mean another rumour? Oh God, no not again!'
'Well, it's worse than that this time, sir, this'll fry your brain;
we think it's China's spy programme - or an alien craft.'
Joe said: 'best take no chances, shoot it down real fast.'
'But what if there's some life form there, from a distant galaxy?'
'Well, if that's so', laughed Joe, 'we can say it's a fallacy'.
'We could lure it out to London', the general said, instead,
'by using our lasers that beam out infra-red, 
'coz let's face it, chief, the Tories have made a mess of things, 
and if these dudes are from space, they could start pullin' strings.'
Joe thought it through and then agreed it would be so much better
if ET went to number ten; that would relieve the pressure.

A few days later the general called again,
and sat opposite the president in order to explain:
'Yo! Mr President, there's something in the sky -
this one's at Lake Huron and flying way up high'.
Joe asked 'well, can't you make it go away? You did that just last week.
Maybe send this one to Moscow, 'coz things are looking bleak. 
For twelve months on, it's war instead of peace, 
so if Alien did meet Putin it might just make him cease. 
With all the things we've had to face over the last two years or so, 
it may just bring some harmony and unite us all, you know?
And even if it turns out that these guys are kinda nasty 
they may just zap the Kremlin which could make us look darn crafty.

Alas, it was too late for these plans to come about;
two missiles had been launched - to take these objects out.
The first a gentle weather balloon that had drifted way off course, 
now lay in bits upon the sea - a result of potent force. 
The second being a wayward drone the size of a small car, 
erased within a blinding flash before it got too far.

The third had gone unnoticed, though, avoiding all detection, 
a UFO to meet with Joe, yet cloaked for full protection.

Travelling at the speed of light,
they came with their intent:
to offer peace to all mankind and to meet the president.
But having seen the damage done, the crew were all for going back,
the captain overruled them though with the order to attack.
The cloak was disengaged as their vessel streaked ahead,
all systems go, with weapons on show:
they zapped Joe's house instead!

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