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*\~,,,,,,, \~, 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. \~, ,,~\*££###
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#££*\~,,,, \,~ 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. ,~\ ,,,,,,,~\*
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££*\~,,,,, ~,\ we were grateful for its ~\, ,,,,,~\*££
#££*\~,,,, ~\, presence, and honored it the \~, ,,,,~\*££#
##££*\~,,, \~, only way we knew how: by \,~ ,,,~\*££##
###££*\~,, ,,~ breaking in. ,~, ,,~\*££###
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*\~,,,,,,, ,~\ 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. ,~\ ,,,~\*££##
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££*\~,,,,, ,\~ 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. ~,\ ,,,,~\*££#
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###££*\~,, ,~\ 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. \~, ,,,,~\*££#
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£*\~,,,,,, \~, 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. ~,\ ,,,,~\*££#
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###££*\~,, ~,\ iirc it's currently owned by \~, ,,~\*££###
##££*\~,,, ~\, some energy drink baron who uses \,~ ,,,~\*££##
#££*\~,,,, \~, it to hold all his fourty eight ,\~ ,,,,~\*££#
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