He loved her, but found her
a little peculiar
and unlike any other person
he’d ever known
the peculiar was revealed
one night when he woke up
from a bad dream
aliens conquering the planet
he turned toward his sleeping wife
and saw a grey female alien
in bed beside him
a blue ray of light flowing into her
from through the ceiling
of their bedroom
and he was powerless to move
or scream
as the female alien gradually
morphed back into his beautiful
peculiar, wife, the recharge
completed
like a human again.
Bob Boyd