Vengeance in Her Bones, Tarnished Utopia & Train for Flushing (Science Fiction Series). Malcolm Jameson
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The one I love so well?
Her snout plates are of purest jade,
To match her tummy scale.
They all jumped up and did a snake dance around the room, bellowing out the refrain while amazed guards looked on. A petty officer quietly sneaked from the room, a worried look on his face. The next stanza was led off by Winchester.
Oh, have you seen that Martian lass,
The one who drives me wild?
Her breath is purest methane gas
and leaves me quite beguiled.
Oh, have you seen my Martian belle,
The one with the lidless eyes?
It's true she cannot kiss so well,
But — golly, boy! — she tries!
Oh, she's grand, she's tops, she's swell,
She's a monster —
Suddenly the clamor of a gong drowned the song. A door slid open and a fully armed captain of the guards stood on the threshold.
"We have been watching you men," announced the guard captain, after an ominous pause, "and it appears we have been too easy on you. I have reported the matter to the Commandant and he agrees that other duty is in order. The van is at the portal. Fall in — and stand at attention! As your numbers are called, step forward."
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