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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by george.
Categories: poetry, technology, space.

swing low
sweet chariot of fire
dive deep
metal-skinned dragon
in the icy
sea of air
rise again
o sleek phoenix
into the starry night
learn well the path
that glides your precious cargo
home

2 comments.

atoosa

Comment on January 22nd, 2010.

ode to the retiring shuttle?

george

Comment on January 22nd, 2010.

Very close! I wrote this after watching the Shuttle Training Aircraft make its swooping nose dives at the SLF one day after work.

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