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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.      †~^ #£%^†^,,,,
,,,,,^†^%£ †~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†^~ £%^†^,,,,,
,,,,,,^†^% †^~ 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.        ~^† ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ ~^†~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~† ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^† ^~†  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.  ~^† †^,,,,,,,,
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