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@§:=......                                          ......=:§@
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##§§§§:=~.                                          .~=:§§§§##
@§§:~..... 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.       ....~=§§@#
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@§§§§=~...                                          ...~=§§§§@
#§§:~.....                                          .....~:§§#
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