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Bon voyage, Gagarin! 




Engine check
Lights come on
An experimental journey
Start the countdown 
You’re clear for take off 


Manual or automatic
Better know them both 
In case there turns out to be 
A underlying flaw
In either man or in machine 
Each born with its respective 
Incorrigible original sin 


Wipe the sweat 
Oil the chains 
Steady hand 
Despite the inner scream


Consequences of every kind must be foreseen
Nothing must be left to chance 
Call all the engineers
Call your priests 
Prepare an ambulance 
And for good fortune 
On the side of the wheel 
Take a piss


Blasting off in ten, nine, eight
An epic flight of mind and scientific grace
The whole world watching with suspended breath
Seven, six, five
Pupils wide
Four, three, two
The heart’s already in the race 
One and zero 
Ignition and goodbye 


See you soon out there 
Up in the nethers 
Ripping through a glorious, untouched, star studded sky 
The first human to break completely through 
To the other side