Monday, January 21, 2019

Bucket List Wish


I have witnessed a fair bit in this
life of mine even though all of
us have only a certain given
amount of time. Lucky or for-
tunate I suppose I am to have

managed nearly seventy-two
years roaming from place to
place around this Earth of ours
to which I have been bound.
Gravity, has kept me grounded

here as the laws of physics have
rigidly applied throughout my
lifetime. There is one thing which
I have thus far missed and would
surely now rank as numero uno

on my Bucket List—the discovery
of intelligent life elsewhere in the
Universe. Not only to find that we
here on our lovely planet are not
alone, but to be able to share

and compare our life’s experience
with others from afar, I mean distant
folks from way out there among some
other far-flung star. I might tell them
of my plans today—chili I handmade

myself for dinner tonight. (I like mine
moderately hot with a bit of a bite.)
And, then there is a championship
football game with the hometown
team playing on TV. (Go, Chiefs!) Do

you have similar dishes and activities
with which to relate, I would want to
know? In any case, since you have
traveled some distance to get here,
pull up a chair and sit a spell. Tell me

what you like to eat? And what’s the
name of your favorite hometown team?
Huh, the Cleveland Browns? Damn, you
get their broadcast way out there? Oh,
why of course... excuse me for my

stupidity...surely with such an advanced
society which got you here, you too must
have cable TV.

Chris Hanch 1-20-19

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