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.