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.