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The Old Observatory
“Earthling,” the brute half-gargled in my ear,
“Our carelessness led you to find us here.”
So they could speak our language!—and why not?
What all those TV shows may lack in plot
They make up for in sheer verbosity,
Enough to sate the curiosity
Of any stranger—quite enough to teach
All the complexities of human speech.
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