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,,,,,,,,:~ ,,,:::††††††††††††††††††††††††††††:::,,, ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† ,:†            The  Spire            ~†, †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ ~†:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†~: §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~†§& †~: Once Upon A Time, There Was A    †:~ &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,:~†§&# †:~ Benevolent  Spire, Towering Well :†~ #&§†~:,,,,
,,,:~†§&#@ :†~  Above Our Tallest Trees. It Was :~† @#&§†~:,,,
,,:~†§&#@# :~† Clad In White Scales, And Shaped ~:† #@#&§†~:,,
,:~†§&#@## ~:†      Liked   A  Mushroom.        ~†: ##@#&§†~:,
,,:~†§&#@# ~†:      We  Loved  It  Dearly.      †~: #@#&§†~:,,
,,,:~†§&#@ †~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†:~ @#&§†~:,,,
,,,,:~†§&# †:~ It  Predated  Us By Many  Years, :†~ #&§†~:,,,,
,,,,,:~†§& :†~ And We Did Not Know Its Original :~† &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ :~† Builders.  They  Had  Used  Its  ~:† §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† ~:†  Hollow Body For  Many  Strange  ~†: †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ ~†: Purposes  - A  Womblike Place Of †~: ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: †~:  Gestation, A Storage  Of Strage †:~ :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ †:~ Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of :†~ ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† :†~    Arcane    Deity.              :~† †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ :~†~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:† §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~†§& ~:†   We  Were  Grateful  For   Its  ~†: &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,:~†§&# ~†: Presence,  And  Honored  It  The †~: #&§†~:,,,,
,,,:~†§&#@ †~:  Only  Way  We  Knew  How:  By   †:~ @#&§†~:,,,
,,:~†§&#@# ,:~        Breaking       In.        :~, #@#&§†~:,,
,:~†§&#@## ,,,:::††††††††††††††††††††††††††††:::,,, ##@#&§†~:,
,,:~†§&#@#                                          #@#&§†~:,,
,,,:~†§&#@                                          @#&§†~:,,,
,,,,:~†§&# ,,,:::††††††††††††††††††††††††††††:::,,, #&§†~:,,,,
,,,,,:~†§& ,~†  This Place We Called Our City:  :†~ &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ :†~  Wavy And Fractured,  With  Each †:~ §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† †:~ Courtyard On A Different Height, †~: †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ †~: Roads  Becoming Roofs  Becoming  ~†: ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: ~†: Drains.  And  Some Places,  Like ~:† :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ ~:† The Spire, Nobody Had  Accessed  :~† ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† :~†  For Many Years. Once Its Walls  :†~ †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ :†~  Are  Just  Too  High, And  The  †:~ §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~†§& †:~ Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, †~: &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,:~†§&# †~:  A  Place Among Others Is Easily ~†: #&§†~:,,,,
,,,:~†§&#@ ~†:            Overlooked.           :~† @#&§†~:,,,
,,:~†§&#@# :~†~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:†~ #@#&§†~:,,
,:~†§&#@## :†~ So, Basically,  That  Summer The †:~ ##@#&§†~:,
,,:~†§&#@# †:~ Four Of Us Snuck And Climbed And ~:† #@#&§†~:,,
,,,:~†§&#@ †~: Crawled For Weeks, Searching For ~†: @#&§†~:,,,
,,,,:~†§&# ~†: A Secluded Place To Do Drugs And ~:† #&§†~:,,,,
,,,,,:~†§& ~:†  Play  Music On Our  Handhelds.  :~† &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ :~†  Instead  We  Found Vast  Lungs  :†~ §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† :†~  Drained  Of   Their  Catalyst   †:~ †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ †:~ Sludge, And A Birds-Eye View  To †~: ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: †~: Make Sense Of  Our Roamings  For ~†: :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ ~†:         Years  To  Come.         ~:† ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† ~:†~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~† †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ :~† A  Central  Spine, A  Staircase  :†~ §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~†§& :†~  Around It,  The Seven Toroidal  †:~ &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,:~†§&# †:~  Lungs  Stacked Outside, And The †~: #&§†~:,,,,
,,,:~†§&#@ †~: Control Room On Top. The Sockets ~†: @#&§†~:,,,
,,:~†§&#@# ~†: For Its Eyes. The Smaller Spires ~:† #@#&§†~:,,
,:~†§&#@## ~:†  For  Radiating   Consciousness  :~† ##@#&§†~:,
,,:~†§&#@# ,~†           Invitations.           :†, #@#&§†~:,,
,,,:~†§&#@ ,,,:::††††††††††††††††††††††††††††:::,,, @#&§†~:,,,
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,,,,,:~†§& ,,,:::††††††††††††††††††††††††††††:::,,, &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ ,:† In Twenty fourteen, The Tower Is †~: §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† ~†: Toppled  And Eaten  By Machines. †:~ †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ †~: After A  While, Something New Is :†~ ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: †:~  Conjured In Its  Place. It'S  A :~† :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ :†~ Tiny Maw At First,  Shorter Than ~:† ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† :~†  Us,  And  We  Let It  Be.  Our  ~†: †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ ~:† Journeys Still End At  Its Feet. †~: §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~†§& ~†:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†:~ &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,:~†§&# †~: But  Then  We Are Betrayed.  The :†~ #&§†~:,,,,
,,,:~†§&#@ †:~ New  Tower Eats  Us. Others  Are :~† @#&§†~:,,,
,,:~†§&#@# :†~ Sucked Inside. New Buildings Are ~:† #@#&§†~:,,
,:~†§&#@## :~†  Manifested  Overnight, Only To  ~†: ##@#&§†~:,
,,:~†§&#@# ~:†  Disappear In  The Evening Fog.  †~: #@#&§†~:,,
,,,:~†§&#@ ~†: For  A While  Its  Some Kind Of  †:~ @#&§†~:,,,
,,,,:~†§&# †~: Timeshare Scam. Goons Are Placed :†~ #&§†~:,,,,
,,,,,:~†§& †:~  Outside, And We Get Beaten Up A :~† &§†~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ :†~  Few  Times,  And  Stop  Going.  ~:† §†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† :~†~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†: †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ ~:†  Iirc It'S  Currently  Owned  By †~: ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: ~†: Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses †:~ :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ †~:  It To Hold All His Fourty Eight :†~ ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† ,:~             Cars.....            :~, †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†§ ,,,:::††††††††††††††††††††††††††††:::,,, §†~:,,,,,,
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