2005-02-13 - detachment
turn the page
disengage
no holds barred was all the rage
but space? a very lonely place...
and we were interfaced
the interlocks were stuck in chocks
we lost control of the box
so manually we operated
turned the gears to dislocate it
our capsule lurched and moaned
with sounds that scraped our bones
with sparks and some vibration
we disembarked the station
and fired the thrusters port
three-sixtied just for sport
and one half swing before
the boosters slammed full bore
we're finally headed home
no more in space to rome
and as we squinted at the trails
of starstreams, beams and comet tails
our hearts were flooded once again
with life on earth, remembering when,
and how the prospect of returning
filled our hearts with joyful yearning
to once again be in her arms
and all her biospheric charms
to live again within that zone
the planet that we call our own
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