by Jeannie E. Roberts
A spherical shape was noted in flight.
The object was dark; it moved back and forth.
Scanned above water, it dropped out of sight.
The strange craft was tracked with IR* at night.
The vehicle plunged, then altered its course.
A spherical shape was noted in flight.
The video’s rendered in raw black and white.
It splashed. It splashed, the audio reports.
Scanned above water, it dropped out of sight.
Mark bearing and range, strategic advice.
The U.S. Defense confirmed the clip’s source.
A spherical shape was noted in flight.
Insight has teamed to discern greater heights.
The Pentagon’s deemed it a special task force.
Scanned above water, it dropped out of sight.
Intrigue orbits the phenomena of life.
An archive exists, the “UAP* Drawer.”
A spherical shape was noted in flight.
Scanned above water, it dropped out of sight.
*Author's Notes: IR: Infrared; UAP: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.
Jeannie E. Roberts has authored seven books, including her newest chapbook As If Labyrinth—Pandemic Inspired Poems (Kelsay Books, 2021). She's listed in the Poets & Writers Directory and is a poetry editor of the online literary magazine Halfway Down the Stairs. When she’s not reading, writing, or editing, you can find her drawing and painting, or outdoors photographing her natural surroundings. Roberts is an animal lover, a nature enthusiast, an equal rights advocate, and an ally of marginalized people.
