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Sailing round the true-blue sphere--- is it too late to bale out of here?
Well, there has to be some better way to turn back the night, spin on to yesterday.
The old man and his crew--- after all these years, it's apogee.
Pilot training and remorse--- spirit friends fly too, at apogee.
Apogee --- solar bright.
Apogee --- through the night.
Apogee --- overground.
Don't think I'll be coming down.
Screened for a stable mate with nerves of ice we flew, at apogee.
No creativity allowed to pass through stainless veins of steel, at apogee.
Apogee --- put the kettle on.
Tight-lipped --- soldier on.
High point --- communicate.
Don't forget to urinate.
So glad they put this window in.
How to explain, how to begin?
See! Tennyson and Wordsworth there waiting for me in the cold, thin air.
Beware a host of unearthly daffodils drifting golden, turned up loud.
Tell the boys back home, I'm gonna get some.
The Wrong Stuff's loose in here --- I'm climbing up the walls, at apogee.
So hoist the skull and bones --- death and glory's free, at apogee.
A stranger wind, a solar breeze --- I'm walking out upon the starry seas.
See pyramids, see standing stones --- pink cotton undies and blue telephones.
Goodbye, cruel world that was my home --- there's a cleaner space out there to roam.
Put my feet up on the moons of Mars --- sit back, relax and count the stars.
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