,,,,,~~==& &==~~,,,,,
,~~†=$&@@# #@@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@@# #@@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@## ##@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@@@ @@@&$=†~~,
,,,~~††$@@ in the endless winter day, on the @@$††~~,,,
,~~†=$&@@# crystal white plains... we trudge along #@@&$=†~~,
,~~†===$$@ the train tracks... themselves slowly @$$===†~~,
,~~†=$&@@# snowed over, in the still hours since #@@&$=†~~,
,,,,~~~=&& the last supply train. &&=~~~,,,,
,~~†=$&@@# #@@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@@# bell-like sounds of the blinding #@@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@@@ ground. rifles attached to our wrist, @@@&$=†~~,
,,,,,,~==& sharing in our bloodstream. my husky, &==~,,,,,,
,,,,,~==$& my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow... &$==~,,,,,
,,,~~~†==& &==†~~~,,,
,~~†=$&@@# the first five shots you can spend #@@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@## indiscriminately, they hurt but deal no ##@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@@# long time damage to the shooter. the #@@&$=†~~,
,,,,,~††=& next five you must spend wisely, they &=††~,,,,,
,~~†=$&@## will take days to heal. the final five ##@&$=†~~,
,~~~†=$$@@ you must not spend at all. @@$$=†~~~,
,~~†=$&@@# #@@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@@@ weeks earlier, in the weak autumn dawn, @@@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@@# in the blue-gray fog... something is #@@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&&&@ burning with a deep crimson flame, @&&&$=†~~,
,,,,,~~†$& untameable by water or wind. &$†~~,,,,,
,~~†=$&@@# #@@&$=†~~,
,,,,~~~†=& &=†~~~,,,,
,~~†=$&@## ##@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@@# #@@&$=†~~,
,~~†=$&@@# #@@&$=†~~,