Captain Fresgue
beckoned the comely lass
from his vantage point
of the sidewalk

His spaceship had been
disabled
and the crew had beamed
him to the surface
to try to find the necessary parts

that was six months
ago

since then he had lost his communicator
and
his weapon

sold them actually

he had seen several rescue
parties
but had managed to avoid
them
having dug the locater chip
from his thigh with a rusty
knife

it had gotten badly
infected
but the nurse at the hospital
was beautiful
and the pain killers
could be sold on the
open market
or used
to ease the pain