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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.      ^«~ ,,,~«^*£&#
##&£*^«~,, ^«~««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««^~« ,,~«^*£&##
###&£*^«~, ^~« 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.           ~«^ ,,~«^*£&##
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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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##&£*^«~,, «^~  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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