Tonight

Tonight in darkness and in silence
monsters did appear
hearts beat and blood flowed
and people died of fear

Flying saucers landed
with multi-headed crews
more about these stories and sports
at eleven on the news

Paul Cech has been writing poetry since 1970. Several of his poems have been published as Saturday Poems in the Pittsburgh- Post Gazette and the Thomas Merton Center of Pittsburgh has published several of his poems in NewPeople. Read other articles by Paul.