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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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