Insatiable Thirst

Insatiable Thirst

Who are they? you ask.
Glaciologists of course!
No.

Not the ones

you have been reading about
in a 140 characters or less.
Not the ones who care about

global warming.

These little blue men
will not be back to study our glaciers.
They will return to drink them!

Their thirst is insatiable.

They sit around their little fires with
their thick glowing eyes and stinky bad breath...
hot peppery breath.
 
Apparently they love ghost peppers.

They need ice to sooth the burn.
Lots of ice... shall we say...
On a global scale!

Did I mention? Their thirst is insatiable.
 
A captain and crew of another ship
thought they were brilliant
when they beamed up a humpback whale

to large vessel along with the sea water.

Try beaming up a polar ice cap!
Shiny, blue, dense ice.
And yes... heavy.

Very. Very. Very.

Well you get the picture.
Global warming you say?
Ask ‘em if they care.

Those little blue men with inkwell eyes.

Look into those black, thick, inky,
gooey, and yes... stinky deep eyes
and you will see they are so eager

to write the dry, dusty epilogue on the story of earth.

Oh!
Did I
forget to mention

insatiable thirst?

    


    



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New Prompt: The first time they came with their space ships, they took away our blankets and everything else in our closet. The second time, they beamed up peppers and fire. Who are they, those mysterious aliens from planet Glacialis. And what are they taking with them when they come back to Earth?
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