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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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