Men in SpaceThe first man in space went up with a terrified determination. He couldn't know if he would come back, or even if he would leave the atmosphere, or even if he would leave the launch pad. There were tests and animals and a lot of sacrifices, but there was never a certainty that men were supposed to venture into space and come back alive. He was ordered to be a hero and pressured to be brave, and so he put up a face for the world to see on large propaganda posters. No one knows what went on inside his head, maybe not even he himself.When he went up there, to the great last frontier, he was at once the loneliest and the most famous man alive a
The six billionth manHis hobby was to make up names of jazz songs and his best ideas came at night. Sometimes he would write them down on square paper cards and pretend they are albums. The one I wish were real had six songs with names like Spanish Interlude or Second Moon of October. He didn't know anything about music, only that it is good, and he always wondered how an instrumental piece gets a specific name. He had two favorite names and he tried to get the great musicians to play them. They were When a Cobra Falls in Love and Then She Recited Baudelaire in French.He could never finish what he started. He tried to write and he always came up with the last s
Space EscapeI'm traveling to spaceAnd I don't know if I'll come back to this placeDon't know if I'll return back home to youBecause I'm traveling to spaceFar away from your pretty face
New GuitarI bought a new guitar todayIt cost a lot but I don't careNow my girl can watch me playAnd nod her head of golden hairI close my eyes and hit the stringsElectric sound flies through the airMy girl Charlene joins in and singsTogether we're a perfect pair
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