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#,,,,,,,#, ,-/ THE SPIRE -/, ,,#,##,,,,
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,,,#,,,,,, /-- 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 --/ ,#,,,,,,,#
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,#,,#,,,,, ,-/ 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 /-- ,,,,#,,,,,
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