deep space ufo

floating away from
the moonbase
and toward
the edge of the
universe i hap-
penned upon an
alien species that
initiated contact with
the module i'd constructed
to keep me busy while i fly to-
ward the edge of all that's known.

and it seemed like it was good first
contact with this new life form and
then it came. sorry, as a hu-man
you're incompatible. and just
like that i'm adrift again, a-
lone again. a lone figure
again spinning in the
vastness of deep
dark space. is
it my comm.
unit mal-
funct-
ioning?
is it my
appear-
ance?

the fact i'm
a human, a-
lien to them?
lean this way,
lean that way,
just lean next
to me as my
material body
makes its way
through space

there's no stopping
now, though. the effect
of the initial launch through
deep space can't easily be
reversed so if nothing else
i will stop at the restaurant
at the end of the universe
and hope for a table for
two.