The Sirens of Titan

Boaz let his squadmates go on standing at attention — let them go on quivering, thinking nothing, seeing nothing. Boaz went to Unk's cot, lay down on it with his big, lustrous shoes on the brown blanket. He folded his hands behind his head — arched his body like a bow. "Awwwww — " said Boaz, somewhere between a yawn and a groan. ................
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