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Down in the airfields we collapse upon the foyer

A naval architect

A vagabond destroyer

Amidst the burnt-out star

The mercenaries wrestle

Another bombing raid,

Another burning vessel

Full fleet and cargo

I can beg or cheat or barter

I’ll pull a heavy load as fast as you can chart her

A serviced out ship with a martyr one computer

An astro-physicist

An interstellar looter