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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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