Gisborne 1952



A different and more recent UFO

THREE WORD WEDNESDAY

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'omen, luminous, erratic'

GISBORNE 1952

Was it an omen, way back then,

A message to we mortal men?

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It happened in 1952

And people swear that it was true

That a UFO was seen on high

In the clear New Zealand sky.

It happened at Gisborne, a minor place,

And it disappeared without a trace,

But, even so, very many declare

That a UFO was certainly there.

They describe it as being a luminous blue,

With a very erratic movement too.

They even mention 'angel hair'

Which hung from the craft up in the air.

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Now that was sixty years ago!

You'd think, by now, someone would know

The reason for the visitation,

And extraterrestrial examination!

If 'they' took notes why didn't 'they' act?

A wasted journey, that's a fact.

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I often look up at the sky, you know,

With the hope of seeing a UFO,

But nary a one has come my way;

I'm unvisited to this day!

But I wish I'd been there, yes I do,

In Gisborne in 1952.

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LILYPAD LIFESTYLE

If the climate keeps on changing and the waters rise and rise,

Strange new architecture will form before our eyes!

For, if cities keep on growing, as humanity explodes,

How will we ever cope with all the vehicles and roads?

We can't take all the farm-land, we need that for our food;

And if we spread and spread and spread, isn't that rather crude?

A Frenchman has invented an ecopolis, seen here,

In which humanity can float, not on the land, but near.

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