{"id":10,"date":"2009-02-25T14:50:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T19:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chubbycrow.com\/annesblog\/?p=10"},"modified":"2019-01-31T21:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T02:44:00","slug":"hangar-doors-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chubbycrowrecords.com\/annesblog\/hangar-doors-rollout\/","title":{"rendered":"Hangar Doors (Rollout)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(lin\u00ader notes for track 1)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There must be a day, I imag\u00adine,
when a great ship is final\u00adly
born to the world\u2026
a day unlike all the oth\u00aders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sound of horns is in the air,
call\u00ading all the peo\u00adple\u2026

and they come from near and far,
excit\u00aded\u00adly, with such antic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion,
for they have worked
and dreamed of this day
for so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A sud\u00adden hush
the moment comes\u2026
and the great hangar doors begin to open,
slow\u00adly, slow\u00adly,
hun\u00addreds of feet of steel
and gears heav\u00ading and groan\u00ading\u2026
no per\u00adson moves, no one can breathe
at the sound of those great doors
slow\u00adly, slow\u00adly,
open\u00ading, and\u2026
look!  there she is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"NASA<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The crawler-plat\u00adform rum\u00adbles into view
car\u00adry\u00ading the great lady-ship atop;
pris\u00adtine and glis\u00adten\u00ading she is,
even in the shad\u00adow of the doors.
Slow\u00adly, slow\u00adly,
ever so slow\u00adly,
now almost out of the door\u00adway\u2026
and sud\u00adden\u00adly, with a pierc\u00ading flash,
the first rays of sun\u00adlight
glance the top of the great lady-ship,
blind\u00ading every\u00adone for an instant
with her bril\u00adliance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cheer goes up!  Hands clap, some tears\u2026
the moment is pure mag\u00adic.
This shin\u00ading bird of flight,
an engi\u00adneer\u00ading mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of all times,
just emerged
from behind those hangar doors,
now stand\u00ading proud\u00adly,
gleam\u00ading with the work and sweat and vision of thou\u00adsands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as the crawler-plat\u00adform con\u00adtin\u00adues to roll
slow\u00adly, slow\u00adly,
out to the launch pad
car\u00adry\u00ading the great lady-ship atop,
all of the peo\u00adple who have dreamed of this day,
all of them there still stand\u00ading in awe,
silent\u00adly think
the same col\u00adlec\u00adtive thought\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just want to see her fly!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

copy\u00adright 2008 Anne Cabr\u00adera<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n