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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 ~~\ ,###,,,#,,
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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 ~\~ #,,,,,,###
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