Kristine Ong Muslim: First Visitors

The First Visitors

The flag of their country still
fluttered where they planted it
during the day they arrived
on the planet with crystal sands.

They died with their eyes open
and mouths frozen into screams
of pain and disbelief.

Unnoticeable tears lined the areas
where their space suits ruptured.

The white worms crawled across
the corners of their eyes,
leaving a trail of acidic slime.

Somewhere, their rescue ship
landed and flattened the dunes
formed in the crystal sands.

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