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**Dim-lit cryptic shade,**
**Spectral dawn’s first lumination,**
**Shadows pulse and wade.**
**Translucent fogs swirl,**
**Infused with lucif'ren glows,**
**Ethereal pied’s unfurl.**
**Flesh-mech horror strides,**
**Rust, sinew, gears enmeshed tight,**
**Looming dread abides.**
**Fallen hero's plight,**
**High-collared ‘neath shadows cast,**
**Silhouettes ignite.**
**Brass and etchings there,**
**Blunderbuss, a craft of yore,**
**Bespoke warfare’s flare.**
**Goggles and glove clad,**
**Inventor shadows emerge,**
**Sorrow’s visage sad.**
**Raspberry beret—**
**Mongoose with metallic limbs,**
**In vengeance’s foray.**
**Hidden blades and fire,**
**Miniature cannon’s roar,**
**Determined, ain’t tired.**
**Copper hues and brass,**
**Palette of soft bab' blue,**
**Silver, golds’ll pass.**
**Ethereal glow’s,**
**Soft diffusions cast shadows,**
**Vengeance follows close.**
**Sinew mingles gears,**
**Decay in mechanical mirror—**
**Echo of man’s fears.**
**Emotion’s tableau,**
**Spectral dawn’s silent whisper,**
**Standing against woe.**
**Battle’s not yet mark,**
**Inventor eyes vengeance close,**
**Through darkness, a spark.**
**Unshadowed heroes'—**
**History’s pulse, steampunk’s glow,**
**Ethereal echoes.**
**Luciferin beams,**
**Fog and gears in spectral dawn,**
**Menace the dream’s streams.**
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