"Final adjustment to timing sequences for the master control system"...
Main engine check
Proton drive unit: PDU meter reads level
Linear acceleration module: LAM meter reads level
Crystal absorption unit: CAU meter reads level
Vector thrust module: VTM meter reads level
Vector Activity: Vector activity reading is on scope at minus 0 two one point seven;
Readjustment recommended
Vector activity reading level
Flight deck computer check complete
Before I had time to think about it
And right before my eyes
The machine had landed
and the doors were open wide
I stepped inside the spaceship, a voice said
"Take a seat man, do you want to cruise the Universe to where no one else has ever been?"
With our nuclear drive
But before I could answer
The ship began to rise
I looked out of the porthole
And felt most peculiar inside
Take me up the skyways
Show me what you've seen
I want to cruise the universe
in your superspace machine
With our nuclear drive
Star Cannibal
Jaws of blue open wide the sky
Silence split with thunder men who fly
Descend the jaws of cosmic brood
For their appetite we the fleshly food
Rising souls and carcassed bone
Fleshless remains in every home
Onwards crunching munching men
Star Cannibal has come again
He partakes of us at will
Enigmatic one we cannot kill
Flesh fondue - main course stew
Of his unearthly human crew....
The Phenomenon Of Luminosity
Friendship Seven:
"I'll try to describe what I'm in here.
I'm in a big mass of some very small particles that are brilliantly lit up, like they're luminescent.
I never saw anything like it.
They're coming by the capsule, and they look like little stars.
A whole shower of them coming by:"
Fall Of Earth City
News had drifted on the wind of many minds that this was to be an occasion of great importance. For it was said by some that Earth City had somehow uncovered a single time sleeper from the time before.
Although the cryptic writings upon his tomb were now faded beyond decipherable reading, it was said, by the disembodied members of the ruling kind, that the entombed was from that time on Earth before the city stretched its metal web from pole to pole leaving green things only in the wells of immortal minds.
Upon the third revolution after its arrival, the tomb that slept without life was removed for inspection. The day was programmed for a clear dome above, with a mild breeze wafting from the central weather post. Below, throngs of class three occupants were gathering from various sectors to observe the opening. As per standard procedure, their data input stations were fed appropriate propaganda so that their reports would coincide with what the rulers had predetermined.
And so it was upon that day of opening, his spirit did appear and confuse once again. It was evident to all that what lay within was not of mortal composure. Thoughts emanating from deep within its dimensionless cave conveyed this belief to all within the medi-dome. What is this apparition now amongst our kind? Quickly thereafter, all pressure was released from within the stillness. Earth City, unknowingly at that time, was about to enter a new phase of its existence. Violent quaking began to shake the towers of sector 63.
Manifestations of melting spead its wings over the structure until once again, ancient soil kissed the sky.
And the beginning of the end swept all that was into its eternal grasp.
The Church
The Joker At The Gate
People function, dreaming their dreams
People function, scheming their schemes
People function, trusting to fate
Looking for the Joker, but it's too late
Is there still a moment somewhere
That will surprise us with its tricks?
I am the holder of seven dreams
Faceless possessor of all life's schemes
Through me you can laugh in the face of fate
I am the Joker at your gate
Some People Never Die
Light Specific Data
Experiment With Destiny
The Last Messiah
Looking In The Future
Lives of great men all remind us
We may make our lives sublime
And so departing leave behind us
Footprints in the sands of time
And with the writing I will show you
Looking in the days beyond recall
As I lecture back with the spirits of the other time
I'm living in the future
I'm looking in the future
I'm living in the future
Not a sound was heard
No call came from the bird
Only the carpet of green
From towering trees was seen
Where have they all gone?
Why was there no song?