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