The Sirens of Titan

• Break every link with air and mist,
• Seal every open vent;
• Make throat as tight as miser's fist,
• Keep life within you pent,
• Breathe out, breathe in, no more, no more,
• For breathing's for the meek;
• And when in deathly space we soar,
• Be careful not to speak.
• If you with grief or joy are rapt,
• Just signal with a tear;
• To soul and heart within you trapped
• Add speech and atmosphere.
• every man's an island as inlifeless space we roam.
• Yes, every man's an island:island fortress, island home