,,,,,~;$%# #%$;~,,,,,
,,,,~;$%## ##%$;~,,,,
,,,~;$%### ###%$;~,,,
,,~;$%#### ####%$;~,,
,,,~;$%### ###%$;~,,,
,,,,~;$%## in the endless winter day, on the ##%$;~,,,,
,,,,,~;$%# crystal white plains... we trudge along #%$;~,,,,,
,,,,,,~;$% the train tracks... themselves slowly %$;~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~;$ snowed over, in the still hours since $;~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~; the last supply train. ;~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~; bell-like sounds of the blinding ;~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~;$ ground. rifles attached to our wrist, $;~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~;$% sharing in our bloodstream. my husky, %$;~,,,,,,
,,,,,~;$%# my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow... #%$;~,,,,,
,,,,~;$%## ##%$;~,,,,
,,,~;$%### 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. %$;~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~;$ $;~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~; weeks earlier, in the weak autumn dawn, ;~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ in the blue-gray fog... something is ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~; burning with a deep crimson flame, ;~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~;$ untameable by water or wind. $;~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~;$% %$;~,,,,,,
,,,,,~;$%# #%$;~,,,,,
,,,,~;$%## ##%$;~,,,,
,,,~;$%### ###%$;~,,,
,,~;$%#### ####%$;~,,