Up the chain

I once joined

a UFO cult.

***

My initiation

was,

surprisingly,

very brief

***

I signed some papers,

handed over my

bank accounts, etc,

***

was fitted for

a velvet robe.

***

Then, the leader said a

few words in Sanskrit,

***

and I was handed

a dixie-cup

full of poison

***

I said, Wait

— poison?

Hold on, hold on, folks …

***

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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