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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.          =/~:......
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......:~/=     Bell-Like Sounds Of The Blinding     =/~:......
.....:~/=* Ground.  Rifles  Attached  To Our Wrist, *=/~:.....
....:~/=*# Sharing  In Our  Bloodstream.  My Husky, #*=/~:....
...:~/=*#@      My Warm-Coffee-In-Cold-Snow...      @#*=/~:...
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.:~/=*#@## 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. =/~:......
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......:~/= 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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