roams through waters
calm and stormy
its gears always churning
flashing the latest technique
devised by architects yearning
to be remembered as unique.

in simple praise
they call out to their creation
as it endlessly surveys:
Go! Bring Forth your Namesake!
but the name is long forgotten
and its fruits' just the same.
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how can the warship be called Peace
when to stay alive, war is what it seeks