Apologies to Papa Heinlein
Jeffrey Schwartz
(31 Jul 2014 20:43 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Apologies to Papa Heinlein
Andrew Long
(31 Jul 2014 22:19 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Apologies to Papa Heinlein
Craig Berry
(31 Jul 2014 22:24 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Apologies to Papa Heinlein
Bruce Johnson
(31 Jul 2014 22:47 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Apologies to Papa Heinlein
Richard Aiken
(01 Aug 2014 06:27 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Apologies to Papa Heinlein Timothy Collinson (01 Aug 2014 17:59 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Apologies to Papa Heinlein Timothy Collinson 01 Aug 2014 17:59 UTC
Marvellous - thank you. tc > On 31 Jul 2014, at 21:58, Jeffrey Schwartz <schwartz.jeffrey@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sometimes I get all poeticish... > > and it's prolly barely ObTrav, if you view it the right way. > ------------------------------------------------ > > Like barb wire ties around me > tightening and cutting all my girth > are all the stupid laws > Of the nanny state of Earth. > > The arching sky is calling > Spacemen to their trade. > ALL HANDS! STAND BY! FREE FALLING! > But the call is allowed to fade > > A third or more of what I made > goes to EBT and things > that insure that I'll never fly > near Saturn's rainbow rings > > We're denied each spinning space mote > As they steal all that's worth: > Taken from us the homes of men > and locked us to the Earth. > > No longer ride the sons of Terra, > silent the thundering jet, > a shackled race of Earthmen, > whipped dogs, once the lone wolf's get. > > We rot in the molds of Vegas, > We retch at New York's tainted breath. > Foul are her urban jungles, > Crawling with unclean death > > My heart breaks in longing > As I stare at the voids between > To out along the spaceways > Until what my soul hears is seen > > Across the seas of darkness > looking up from Earth's blight > wishing another Star was my homeland > Praying it shine down on me tonight. > > Cursed with life in prison > since the moment of my birth > Damned to ever hear the lies > of the morons that rule the Earth > > I pray for just one launching > On the globe that gave us birth > to escape to the fleecy skies > And from the cold dark streets of Earth. > ----- > The Traveller Mailing List > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml > Report problems to listmom@travellercentral.com > To unsubscribe from this list please goto > http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=tbqvcodIhmIcvX3feurFD5KR5hlLu9Su