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#,,,#,,,,, IN  THE  ENDLESS  WINTER  DAY,  ON   THE ,,,#,,,,##
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###,,,#,,,  THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY   ,,,,,#,,,,
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,#,,,,###, 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 ,,,,,#,,#,
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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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