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,^~**%@### ,^*            The  Spire            ~*, ###@%**~^,
,^~**@¶### ~*^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~^ ###¶@**~^,
,^~***%@@¶ *~^ 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.               ^~* ##¶@%**~^,
,,,^****%@ ^~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^* @%****^,,,
,^~**%%%¶# ~^*   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.           ^~* @***~,,,,,
,^~**%@¶## ^~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^*~ ##¶@%**~^,
,^~**%@¶## ^*~ 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.  ~^* ##¶@%**~^,
,,,^~~*%@@ ^~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*^ @@%*~~^,,,
,,,,,,^*%@ ~^*  Iirc It'S  Currently  Owned By  *~^ @%*^,,,,,,
,^~**%@¶## ~*^ Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses *^~ ##¶@%**~^,
,,,,,^**%¶ *~^ It To Hold All His Fourty  Eight ^*~ ¶%**^,,,,,
,^~*****%¶ ,^~            Cars.....             ^~, ¶%*****~^,
,^~**%@¶## ,,,^^^****************************^^^,,, ##¶@%**~^,
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