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,,,,,,,,,,  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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*\=~,,,,,, INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY HURT BUT  DEAL NO ,,,,,,~=\*
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#@¶£*\=~,, YOU    MUST    NOT    SPEND   AT    ALL. ,,~=\*£¶@#
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