EXTRATERRESTRIAL DETECTION

Old Fringe City text
States that the butterfly
Because it has graffiti
On its wings and cannot fly
To the moon and back
Can detect aliens on earth.

Others say that one must
Practice looking at the stars
So that through practice
One can easily identify
The trademark blue-white mist
That visitors often have.

Some prefer dice games
And card shuffling tricks
On white wax-stained lace.
But regardless, says Dougherty,
The importance of detection
Is an ever-expanding imagination.