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,,,,~†=§&@ ,,† The Spire ~†, @&§=†~,,,,
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,,~†=§&@## †~, 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. †~, =†~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ †,~ 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. ,~† ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~† ~,† 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. ,~† ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, ,†~ 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. ~,† #@&§=†~,,,
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,,,,,~†=§& ,~† 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. †~, &§=†~,,,,,
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,,,~†=§&@# †~, 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. ~,† ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, ~,† Iirc It'S Currently Owned By †~, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ~†, Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses †,~ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, †~, It To Hold All His Fourty Eight ,†~ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,,~ Cars..... ,~, ,,,,,,,,,,
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