Antient Mechanism

Once yellow sun now rash red 

An old machine whose dread 

Presence is pretence

For tribal quarrels

Hewn ages hence

Before a red disease brought a dread empire to its knees

Such dreadnoughts were conceived, constructed to reave stars

Tear apart space, new Tsars to bring alien races under heel 

Ten millions years have passed since the turning of the wheel

Another hundred million yet before the grinding opening seals.

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