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.