Do They?

There’s no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
They’re open wide, this is the end of your life
They’re out to get you,
there’s demons closing in on every side
They will possess you,
unless you change that number on your dial
Thriller

Does the alien sing?
Does the alien dance?
Does the alien draw and paint?
Does the alien compose music?
Does the alien write poetry?
Does the alien capture photos?
Does the alien record video?

Does the alien get angry?
Does the alien feel sadness?
Does the alien cry?
Does the alien rejoice?
Does the alien experience horror?
Does the alien fear?

Does the alien sleep?
Does the alien dream?
Does the alien dread the nightmare?
Does the alien have sexual relations?
Does the alien masturbate?

Does the alien learn to walk?
Does the alien run?
Does the alien jump?
Does the alien climb?
Does the alien exercise?
Does the alien eat?
Does the alien diet?
Does the alien get fat?
Does the alien become lazy?

Does the alien regret?
Does the alien have science?
Does the alien have faith?
Does the alien have friendship?
Does the alien love?
Does the alien experience loss?
Does the alien care for its young?

Does the alien husband animals?
Does the alien recruit followers?
Does the alien seek shelter amidst storm?
Does the alien meditate?
Does the alien experience longing?
Does the alien get lonely?

Does the alien shave?
Does the alien wear makeup?
Does the alien have romance?
Does the alien laugh?
Does the alien pass gas?
Does the alien orgasm?
Does the alien experience embarrassment?

Does the alien celebrate birth?
Does the alien have a holiday?
Does the alien mark an anniversary?
Does the alien have marriage?
Does the alien get drunk?
Does the alien do drugs?
Does the alien make mistakes?

Does the alien cheer the underdog?
Does the alien embrace freedom?
Does the alien read?
Does the alien have revolutionary tendencies?
Does the alien revile tyranny?
Does the alien play games?
Does the alien sport?

Do they?

Do you?

Is the alien, as if a dark shadow of our very own existence, everything we are not?

Does this dark alien shadow, harbor a blindingly bright light that reveals the alien for what it truly is and where it hails from?

Perhaps.

I saw you as you walked across my room
You looked out the window, you looked at the moon
And you sat on the corner of my bed
And you smoked with the ghost in the back of my head
Do You Sleep?