27. In a hop, skip and jump: the Last Hurrah?

Some might say
that it was alien
abduction, leaving
not a trace behind,
"sans everything,"
they laughed.
Rumours of their death
had preceded this passing.


Had they not always claimed to have felt a stranger in a strange land? Had they not often chatted with a schizophrenically challenged ex-mental patient in the night garden, talking of awaiting the return of the mother ship to take them home? A fraternal bond forged over mugs of tea and packs of Players, they indulged their fancies, fueled by the shining moon.