On the lighter side. The poem was prompted by an article that revealed that the brightest lights seen on the Earth at night from space are in Las Vegas, notably the Luxor Hotel, with it's glass pyramid and halogen light. So if "they" come , that's where they will land. In such a case they'll probably look around and go home! What a place to meet humanity! Voyager 1 and 2 are satellites launched in 1977 which have now reached interstellar space. They contain thousands of hours of recorded music and sounds, ending with Chuck Berry. So the common cartoon of 3 headed aliens sending back a message- "send more Rock and Roll!". The bearded God? well we believe god created man in his image.... As much as I may want to believe that life MUST exist somewhere, between the distances of space and the aspect of the brief time life has existed on earth, (and will continue to exist) makes the possibility of contact incalculably small- like one in a trillion trillion.