I proved two things to myself. When I am typing fast, I can't spell. And my default genre is sf -- I had laser beams sizzling overhead -- that's what came to mind when I got the word "crawl" and why I would be doing it.
Nothing I didn't know already.
(departs, singing...
If you've two legs, four legs, six or eight, Seventeen or none at all, When the troop ship dumps you to your fate You will hit the mud and crawl. Whether Earthman, Kklup, or Zapphotuul, When the buzz-beam's burning red There is just one universal rule: Guard your ass and duck your head!
Tried 'OneWord'
Nothing I didn't know already.
(departs, singing...
If you've two legs, four legs, six or eight,
Seventeen or none at all,
When the troop ship dumps you to your fate
You will hit the mud and crawl.
Whether Earthman, Kklup, or Zapphotuul,
When the buzz-beam's burning red
There is just one universal rule:
Guard your ass and duck your head!
--- Outerspace Marines )