Rust
once mighty
ostensibly durable
failing to stand
against time
against germinant
seeds of destruction
an impetus inborn
to self-mutilation
surrender to ticks
of atomic clocks
yielding covalent
corrosion in friable
blooms of uniquely
unusual beauty
eccentric in death
bearing dignity
under red ravage
of oxides a haunting
assertion that here
once ago was one
handsomely elegant
sleek lustrous life
blooms of uniquely
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