centipedes
my new home is festooned with centipedes
they're confetti what scurries
they're a parade of legs
hundreds of them

last night (honestly) i had a dream
that NASA discovered life on mars
the world was astonished
keenan ivory wayans had things to say about it

the space footage (which is always shittier)
showed the mars creatures
moving headless about the redness
the announcer described them as "sinister-looking centipedes"
everyone seemed to agree
they looked like centipedes
they looked sinister

although it was the scientific discovery of the century
no one reasonable wanted the space centipedes
brought back to earth
the prospect of the mindless aliens on our planet
made our souls feel gross

so the astronauts returned home empty-handed
but were heralded as heroes
given a big parade
everyone came
hundreds of them.