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@@=\»..... CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG .....»\=@@
@=\»...... THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY ......»\=@
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\»........ THE LAST SUPPLY TRAIN. ........»\
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.......... GROUND. RIFLES ATTACHED TO OUR WRIST, ..........
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»......... MY WARM-COFFEE-IN-COLD-SNOW... .........»
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#@@=\».... WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN DAWN, ....»\=@@#
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@=\»...... BURNING WITH A DEEP CRIMSON FLAME, ......»\=@
=\»....... UNTAMEABLE BY WATER OR WIND. .......»\=
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