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@$§†=,,,,, †,= benevolent spire, towering well ,†= ,,,,,=†§$@
$§†=,,,,,, ,†= above our tallest trees. it was ,=† ,,,,,,=†§$
§†=,,,,,,, ,=† 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 =,† ,,,,,,,=†§
$§†=,,,,,, =,† hollow body for many strange =†, ,,,,,,=†§$
@$§†=,,,,, =†, purposes - a womblike place of †=, ,,,,,=†§$@
#@$§†=,,,, †=, gestation, a storage of strage †,= ,,,,=†§$@#
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###@$§†=,, ,†= arcane deity. ,=† ,,=†§$@###
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#@$§†=,,,, =,† we were grateful for its =†, ,,,,=†§$@#
@$§†=,,,,, =†, presence, and honored it the †=, ,,,,,=†§$@
$§†=,,,,,, †=, only way we knew how: by †,= ,,,,,,=†§$
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†=,,,,,,,, ,=† this place we called our city: ,†= ,,,,,,,,=†
§†=,,,,,,, ,†= wavy and fractured, with each †,= ,,,,,,,=†§
$§†=,,,,,, †,= courtyard on a different height, †=, ,,,,,,=†§$
@$§†=,,,,, †=, roads becoming roofs becoming =†, ,,,,,=†§$@
#@$§†=,,,, =†, drains. and some places, like =,† ,,,,=†§$@#
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###@$§†=,, ,=† for many years. once its walls ,†= ,,=†§$@###
##@$§†=,,, ,†= are just too high, and the †,= ,,,=†§$@##
#@$§†=,,,, †,= internal routes to labyrinthine, †=, ,,,,=†§$@#
@$§†=,,,,, †=, a place among others is easily =†, ,,,,,=†§$@
$§†=,,,,,, =†, overlooked. ,=† ,,,,,,=†§$
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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 ,†= ,,,,,,,=†§
$§†=,,,,,, ,†= drained of their catalyst †,= ,,,,,,=†§$
@$§†=,,,,, †,= sludge, and a birds-eye view to †=, ,,,,,=†§$@
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##@$§†=,,, =†, years to come. =,† ,,,=†§$@##
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#@$§†=,,,, ,†= around it, the seven toroidal †,= ,,,,=†§$@#
@$§†=,,,,, †,= lungs stacked outside, and the †=, ,,,,,=†§$@
$§†=,,,,,, †=, control room on top. the sockets =†, ,,,,,,=†§$
§†=,,,,,,, =†, for its eyes. the smaller spires =,† ,,,,,,,=†§
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$§†=,,,,,, =†, toppled and eaten by machines. †,= ,,,,,,=†§$
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###@$§†=,, ,=† us, and we let it be. our =†, ,,=†§$@###
##@$§†=,,, =,† journeys still end at its feet. †=, ,,,=†§$@##
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$§†=,,,,,, †,= new tower eats us. others are ,=† ,,,,,,=†§$
§†=,,,,,,, ,†= 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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