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The refugees of Mars settled the Earth fifty thousand years ago
crashed ontheflatunforgiveness&broken—they emerged raggedly,
arms swinging into trees and primeval forests, lost without their sci-tech,
many injured and quickly dying in the inhospitable thicknesses,
poisoned by creatures and wrong fruit.
Yet a few survived, alone, huddled in caves, fires out front,
sharing stories and strange memories of homes way up in the skies
where thereād been a heaven of old gods.