train dream                
     
                                       
                                         
                                         
                                          
                (situation)               
                                          
 you  find   yourself  in  a  rift   -  a 
  clearing, narrow but immeasurably long. 
 to your  sides  are walls made of trees, 
 thick and ready to swallow  you. the sun 
 is  nowhere to  be seen, but  nontheless 
 it is very bright - the  air feels light 
           blue, almost white.            
                                          
 along the span of  the clearing lay  two 
    parallel silvery lines, dark hard     
 metal. somehow  you  can  see how  heavy 
                 they are.                
                                          
 they   emit  a  high  pitched   whine... 
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
                (situation)               
                                          
 youre   at   the  train station,   on  a 
 catwalk above the rails.  your  train is 
 late,  or  you  are  late to  the train. 
 it's a summer  afternoon and the station 
 is busy,  full  of  relaxed  confidence. 
                                          
 you're in high  spirits, although  a bit 
 stressed about the  time,  while  moving 
 up  the  stairs to  your  platform.  the 
 station  is   in  several   levels,  all 
     placed within eachother by some      
    intelligent designer, and full of     
      stairs, elevators, shortcuts,       
 bazaars... you sight your train  through 
 some glass  windows. it's...  not  where 
           it's supposed to be?           
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
               (situation)                
                                          
 you're finally entering the city.  while 
 it is indeed  a  very high  speed  train 
 you're  traveling  in, the  journey  has 
 been  long.  but  it's  about   to  end! 
                                          
 society  is growing  denser  around you, 
 through the windows you  see first small 
 shacks,  built of metal and  stone, then 
 proper houses  with mortar to  keep them 
 together...  who in  turn make  way  for 
    the industrial buildings, the urban   
      maze, protective walls, jungle      
                network...                
                                          
 the  tracks leave the  ground,  which is 
 needed   for  other  purposes.  you  are 
  carried gently, curving upwards until   
 you're moving  upward  along the wall of 
 a building. it's  made of slabby  stone, 
    with great glassless window holes     
 looking  out  the way  you  came. it  is 
            pitch black inside.