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,,,,~~;=#¶ IF YOU FOLLOW A DIRT ROAD NORTH JUST ¶#=;~~,,,,
,,,~~;=#¶# WITHIN THE SECOND RING, AND NAVIGATE #¶#=;~~,,,
,,~~;=#¶## THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN ##¶#=;~~,,
,~~;=#¶### RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU ###¶#=;~~,
,,~~;=#¶## ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE ##¶#=;~~,,
,,,~~;=#¶# FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND #¶#=;~~,,,
,,,,~~;=#¶ JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE, ¶#=;~~,,,,
,,,,,~~;=# AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE, #=;~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~;= ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GOT GARDENS AND =;~~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~~; WALLS STICKING OUT OF IT IN MORE THAN A ;~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~~;= FEW PLACES. BUT KEEP GOING, AND =;~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~;=# EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE LILACS, AND A #=;~~,,,,,
,,,,~~;=#¶ HOLE IN THE FENCE. ¶#=;~~,,,,
,,,~~;=#¶# #¶#=;~~,,,
,,~~;=#¶## GO INSIDE. WELL, IT'S HOLLOW, AND HIDES ##¶#=;~~,,
,~~;=#¶### A PALE SWAMP (HERONS, MOSQUITOS). IT'S ###¶#=;~~,
,,~~;=#¶## BRIGHTER HERE, AND THE SOUNDS OF THE ##¶#=;~~,,
,,,~~;=#¶# CITY SEEM DISTANT. BUT THERE'S A SECOND #¶#=;~~,,,
,,,,~~;=#¶ GROVE INSIDE. ZIG ZAG BETWEEN PUDDLES ¶#=;~~,,,,
,,,,,~~;=# AND SINKING SHIPPING CONTAINERS, #=;~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~;= BECAUSE TOWARD THE INNER TREELINE THE =;~~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~~; GROUND BECOMES SOLID AGAIN. ;~~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,~~;=# GO INSIDE. THIS TIME THERE'S A CRACKED #=;~~,,,,,
,,,,~~;=#¶ PARKING LOT, WITH SPRINKLED DANDELIONS, ¶#=;~~,,,,
,,,~~;=#¶# LINED BY WISTERIA. EAST OF IT IS AN #¶#=;~~,,,
,,~~;=#¶## ABANDONED BUILDING, WHAT USED TO HOUSE ##¶#=;~~,,
,~~;=#¶### AN OLD RESTAURANT. THE PAINT IS ###¶#=;~~,
,,~~;=#¶## CHIPPING, SOME WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, BUT ##¶#=;~~,,
,,,~~;=#¶# THE SIGNAGE IS STILL THERE: #¶#=;~~,,,
,,,,~~;=#¶ ¶#=;~~,,,,
,,,,,~~;=# "INDIAN PALACE". #=;~~,,,,,
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