Marbles

I like them

especially

the ones

that look like planets

spinning on my

coffee table

and taking me away

to fantasy worlds

where I can be

a friendly alien

who will tell

the Uranians

or the Martians

or the Venutians

or the Saturnians

that I am a Pisces

and my species

that is

the human race

is sometimes

strange and confused

and obsessed with

militarism

and control

but that if

they will have a

little patience

with us

we could be

invited over for coffee

or tea

and then they

should send us home