<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367664" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Invaders!</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I heard a kind of whirring noise<br>Outside the house today! <br>A spaceship landed! Oh, what joys! <br>I said, 'Oi, go away! <br>You can't park there, it's private land! <br>We've paid the mortgage, too...<br>And that's where our extension's planned, <br>So clear off, why don't you! ? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Captain marched straight up to me<br>And grabbed me by the throat! <br>The cheeky swine! No courtesy! <br>He even tore my coat...<br>He pulled the sleeves off one-by-one! <br>Then threw them on the ground! <br>His crewmates laughed and thought it fun, <br>As I stood still and frowned! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'How dare you, sir! ' I told him straight! <br>But he gave no regard...<br>In fact, he stared at me with hate, <br>Right there in our backyard! <br>He zapped our rooftop aerial<br>And laughed right in my face! <br>'You've gone too far, you stupid fool...<br>Go on, go back to space! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He tweeked my nose! He kissed my lips! <br>He even messed my hair! <br>And then he poked me in the ribs! <br>That's something I can't bear! <br>'Just you wait here! You alien! '<br>And then I went inside...<br>My Mother-In-Law came out and then<br>They shrieked and ran to hide! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She chased them here, she chased them there! <br>Two frying pans went BLAM! <br>The spaceship soon flew in the air<br>When she told them to scram! <br>She sewed my sleeves back on once more, <br>So my coat looked brand new! <br>Guys, without my Mother-In-Law, <br>I don't know what I'd do...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367664" data-title="The Invaders! de Denis Martindale" data-description="I heard a kind of whirring noise Outside the house today! A spaceship landed! Oh, what joys! I said, 'Oi, go away! You can't park there, it's private land! We've paid the mortgage, too... And that's where our extension's planned, So clear off..."></div> </div> </div>

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