Niner Liner: The Discomfort Of The Envoy Extraordinary

We communicated with them on their own terms, to no avail.

Disconfiting assignments are, for the most part, unavoidable.

I doubt enough time remains in the term for Timmy to master calculus.


The blue sky is attributed to Rayleigh's Scattering.

Is the preferred measure length, area, or volume?

Eight planets now:  the ninth was demoted by scientific analysis.


The home star system could not have been seen from there, anyhow.

The orders of recall did not arrive any too soon.

At least it is behind us now---its pulverized shards still dutifully orbiting.


Starward

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Author's Notes/Comments: 

The title is meant to be a respectful parody of the title of Allen Sillitoe's short story, "The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Runner."

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