There are aliens among us. I recall being taken,
Young, in an impossible flying object; walking
Down the rear ramp I was struck by strange-
ly-reeking foreign smells. On the beach, a kraken
Emerged begoggled, apparently successful in stalking
Its prey: a squirming, glistening knot, derange-
d by suffering, a harpooned octopus. Their brain
Lies mostly outside the head, and the arms – lace-
d with myriad neurons, working in parallel to the main
Mind – can each know, caress and embrace
The world, uniquely multitasking. Yet Spain
Plans to farm them millionfold, in space-
s too small, and kill them slowly in ice and pain.
Are those monsters members of the human race?
Young, in an impossible flying object; walking
Down the rear ramp I was struck by strange-
ly-reeking foreign smells. On the beach, a kraken
Emerged begoggled, apparently successful in stalking
Its prey: a squirming, glistening knot, derange-
d by suffering, a harpooned octopus. Their brain
Lies mostly outside the head, and the arms – lace-
d with myriad neurons, working in parallel to the main
Mind – can each know, caress and embrace
The world, uniquely multitasking. Yet Spain
Plans to farm them millionfold, in space-
s too small, and kill them slowly in ice and pain.
Are those monsters members of the human race?
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