SPILLAGE

Beneath a distant star

A signal from the Spiral Verse
A glimpse into another world
A multi-hued hieroglyph
What does it mean … what does it mean?
What are they trying to say to us?
Should we visit
Or is this a warning?
Linguists and cryptographers are gathered,
A probe prepared
For a closer look.

Earth

Owners of the spy satellite continue surveillance,
blithely careless
of microwaves crashing through the cosmos,
carrying the secrets they so covet.