{"id":90237,"date":"2021-06-26T12:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T16:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=90237"},"modified":"2021-06-28T22:06:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T02:06:34","slug":"the-truth-is-still-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/the-truth-is-still-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"THE TRUTH IS STILL OUT THERE"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE TRUTH IS STILL OUT THERE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (hour 3 poem)<\/p>\n

The truth is still out there\u2019: internet shrugs at Pentagon\u2019s UFO findings.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Gabrielle Canon, Guardian UK <\/em>6\/25\/21<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The hummingbird feeder<\/p>\n

hangs from an iron hook.<\/p>\n

At a great distance<\/p>\n

its spherical shape<\/p>\n

seems to hover in space,<\/p>\n

awaiting visitors \u2013 those<\/p>\n

helicopters of the animal realm \u2013<\/p>\n

fierce hummingbird hummers.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Roswell, New Mexico, 1947:<\/p>\n

supposed alien crash site,<\/p>\n

deep-sixed by the CIA like dust<\/p>\n

covers the Pecos Valley desert.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Are we alone in the universe?<\/p>\n

The truth is still out there.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Carl Sagan added fuel to the fuel,<\/p>\n

with his, Billions and billions<\/em><\/p>\n

and tv shine personality \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n

a celebrity astrophysicist.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The X-Files<\/em> fanned the flames<\/p>\n

with its kickass agents, Mulder<\/p>\n

and Scully \u2013 chasing UFO rumors<\/p>\n

and trying to avoid alien abductions<\/p>\n

over American screens everywhere.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Are barbarian aliens coming,<\/p>\n

or friendly Close Encounters <\/em><\/p>\n

of the Third Kind<\/em>?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

“U.S. Has No Explanation <\/em><\/p>\n

for Unidentified Objects and Stops <\/em><\/p>\n

Short of Ruling Out Aliens” \u2013 NY Times<\/em><\/p>\n

25 June 2021<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The hummingbirds dip their<\/p>\n

needle-sharp beaks into<\/p>\n

the feeder’s clear nectar.<\/p>\n

the truth is still out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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