Dogfight

Under Jupiter's red shadow,

Our fighters duck and weave.

Trading fire with the drones,

Foes that have come to reave.

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Laserfire is exchanged,

The dogfight, it begins.

One by one our fighters fall,

I fear we cannot win.

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The drones may succeed in this strike,

May prevail in their raid.

I request more fighters to be sent,

I admit that I'm afraid.

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And soon I'm the last fighter left,

Reserves will come too late.

I switch the angle of my starship,

Fire globs of light in hate.

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A drone is downed and so am I,

I drift in empty space.

Reflecting on the fight I've seen,

And on the human race.

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Way out here deep in the dark,

Conflict, it remains.

Eternal battle, so unending,

And from despair I can't refrain.