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#@@%§†«,¨¨ ,†« And We Did Not Know Its Original ,«† ¨¨,«†§%@@#
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#@@%§†«,¨¨ ¨«† This Place We Called Our City: ,†« ¨¨,«†§%@@#
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%§†«,¨¨¨¨¨ †«, Roads Becoming Roofs Becoming «†, ¨¨¨¨¨,«†§%
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#@@%§†«,¨¨ ,«† For Many Years. Once Its Walls ,†« ¨¨,«†§%@@#
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#@@%§†«,¨¨ †,« Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, †«, ¨¨,«†§%@@#
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@@%§†«,¨¨¨ †,« Four Of Us Snuck And Climbed And «,† ¨¨¨,«†§%@@
#@@%§†«,¨¨ †«, Crawled For Weeks, Searching For «†, ¨¨,«†§%@@#
##@@%§†«,¨ «†, A Secluded Place To Do Drugs And «,† ¨,«†§%@@##
#@@%§†«,¨¨ «,† Play Music On Our Handhelds. ,«† ¨¨,«†§%@@#
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##@@%§†«,¨ ,«† A Central Spine, A Staircase ,†« ¨,«†§%@@##
#@@%§†«,¨¨ ,†« Around It, The Seven Toroidal †,« ¨¨,«†§%@@#
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%§†«,¨¨¨¨¨ «†, For Its Eyes. The Smaller Spires «,† ¨¨¨¨¨,«†§%
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@@%§†«,¨¨¨ ¨«† Invitations. ,†¨ ¨¨¨,«†§%@@
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#@@%§†«,¨¨ ,«† Us, And We Let It Be. Our «†, ¨¨,«†§%@@#
##@@%§†«,¨ «,† Journeys Still End At Its Feet. †«, ¨,«†§%@@##
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%§†«,¨¨¨¨¨ ,†« Sucked Inside. New Buildings Are «,† ¨¨¨¨¨,«†§%
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