Up the chain

I once joined

a UFO cult.

***

I remember my

initiation was

very brief:

***

I signed over my

bank accounts

& credit cards.

***

I was fitted for

a red velvet robe

and sneakers.

***

I was introduced to

the Grand Fountainhead.

***

And then they

passed around

celebratory

Dixie-cups full

of poison.

***

“Poison?” I said. “Woah! —

Wait a moment, wait a moment.

***

I thought we built towards that!”

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“Taughannock Falls”

by Mary Cellini

©2020

 

34 thoughts on “Up the chain

  1. It wasn’t really poison. It was a hallucinogenic drug that would have allowed you to accept the physical appearance of the aliens, who are extraordinarily ugly and not the least bit humanoid. Since you are not presently living on Vlugura-9 with a blushing monster-bride, I assume you didn’t drink the “poison” in the Dixie cup.

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