"REBIRTH"

Out of the deeps that split eternity from the here and now,

The infinite eye of fate peers from the velvet reaches that mock
the accomplishments of man

And pointing its light-years long finger at a minor cluster of ships
on a minor planet, it says

"Come TOPEKA, come and rise from the limbo of slumbering ships,
come from the certain death of ionization. I will resuscitate you with
the breath of life that is crew and stores, and send thee on thy way
once more to take thy place in the long gray line of ships that comforts
the Western World with its quiet potent power".

And TOPEKA hears this call; rousing herself from the long lonely days
spent in idleness, she returns to live again.

And today is her awakening.

by MORRIS, PN1

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