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A Spaceship Landed Over There
Mac Wilkey
About Mac Wilkey
Mac Wilkey is a poet from Tennessee, USA. Though an electrical engineer by profession, he has been writing stories and poems since he was in high school.
A spaceship landed over there
No one's believed me yet.
I walked on over after dark
And took my friend, the vet.
We couldn't find the little men
We searched and searched inside.
So I sat in the pilot seat
And said, 'Let's take a ride'.
A voice said, 'Early earthman' then
A glass dome dropped around.
My nerves grew calmer when I heard
A high-pitched hissing sound.
My friend, the vet, was diagnosed
Perhaps, I guess, by smell.
Some gizmo stashed him in a cage
Which didn't fit him well.
We travelled fast through space and time
To planets far and near
And ended up where we began
On early earthman's sphere.
'Inoculate' then 'Yes' and 'No'
Words flashing on a screen
smiled as I selected 'Yes'
Now Doctor Bill is green.
He hasn't had a cold in years
But sometimes late at night
He swings through trees: I wonder which
Is worse− his bark or bite.
Available Answers
- 1.What did the poet and his friend search for inside the spaceship?
- 2.What happened the moment the poet sat in the pilot's seat?
- 3.What do you think were the poet's feelings when a glass dome dropped around him? What calmed him later?
- 4.Where was the poet's friend, the vet, 'stashed'? Can you guess the reason why?
- 5.Identify lines from the poem that suggest the spaceship was automatically controlled.
- 6.Do you think the poet and the vet were good friends? Give a reason for your answer.
2 more answer(s) available.