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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 @§%†/~.,,,
,,,,.~/†%§          The Last Supply Train.          §%†/~.,,,,
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,,.~/†%§@#     Bell-Like Sounds Of The Blinding     #@§%†/~.,,
,.~/†%§@## Ground.  Rifles  Attached  To Our Wrist, ##@§%†/~.,
,,.~/†%§@# Sharing In  Our  Bloodstream.  My Husky, #@§%†/~.,,
,,,.~/†%§@      My Warm-Coffee-In-Cold-Snow...      @§%†/~.,,,
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,,,.~/†%§@ The  First  Five  Shots  You  Can  Spend @§%†/~.,,,
,,.~/†%§@# Indiscriminately, They Hurt But  Deal No #@§%†/~.,,
,.~/†%§@## Long Time  Damage  To  The Shooter.  The ##@§%†/~.,
,,.~/†%§@# Next Five You  Must Spend  Wisely,  They #@§%†/~.,,
,,,.~/†%§@ Will  Take Days To Heal.  The Final Five @§%†/~.,,,
,,,,.~/†%§ You   Must    Not    Spend    At    All. §%†/~.,,,,
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,,.~/†%§@# Weeks Earlier,  In The Weak Autumn Dawn, #@§%†/~.,,
,.~/†%§@## In  The  Blue-Gray Fog...  Something  Is ##@§%†/~.,
,,.~/†%§@# Burning  With  A  Deep  Crimson   Flame, #@§%†/~.,,
,,,.~/†%§@       Untameable By Water Or Wind.       @§%†/~.,,,
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