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by Mario Milosevic

The alien liked to
read contracts.

It was her favorite
leisure activity
during her time

on our world.
Movies and novels

are okay, she said,
but all of your
lives are here in

these agreements
to behave in

responsible ways
toward each other
at all times. Her

favorites were
marriage licenses

and divorce papers
for the same reason:
they made her cry.

She also liked some
of the ancient ones

that granted the first
peoples access to their
land and allowed them

to keep their culture
and livelihood. She

was amused by an
insurance policy
that detailed a

long list of natural
disasters. Life is

so precarious on your
world, she said, I
sometimes wonder how

any of you have
survived at all.

Featured Poet of the Month Mario Milosevic

Mario Milosevic’s poems and stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, Hitchcock’s, F&SF, and many others. His poetry collections include Animal Life, Fantasy Life, Love Life, and Mario Writes a Poem a Day for a Year and So Can You. A new collection, Alien Life, will be out soon. He lives in the desert Southwest of the United States.

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