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,,:=;$$&## IN THE ENDLESS WINTER DAY, ON THE ##&$$;=:,,
,:=;$$&### CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS... WE TRUDGE ALONG ###&$$;=:,
,,:=;$$&## THE TRAIN TRACKS... THEMSELVES SLOWLY ##&$$;=:,,
,:=;$$&### SNOWED OVER, IN THE STILL HOURS SINCE ###&$$;=:,
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,,:=;$$&## BELL-LIKE SOUNDS OF THE BLINDING ##&$$;=:,,
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,,:=;$$&## NEXT FIVE YOU MUST SPEND WISELY, THEY ##&$$;=:,,
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