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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (967)10/23/1999 11:43:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 2634
 
The grim realization of decadence

The old wreck had Ravel's Bolero escaping headphones loud enough to irritate his roommate.

Behind closed lids the music curled like his long-dead bride around an endless perfect memory. Third-stage coupling ring detaches, tumbles slowly - flares, darkens, flares - against planet's curve.

The chairbound Engineer, tears glistening, had outlived the dream.