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§,§,,,§§,, over              the               sea. §,,§,§,§,§
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§,,§,§§,§, the lowland  which was once  the midriff §§§§§§,§§,
§,§§§,§§§, of  sweden.  the  salt  flats  span  for ,,,,,§§,§§
§§,,§§,,§, hundreds  of miles.  from a narrow  line ,,,,§,§§,,
,§,§,§,§§§ of hills  the  train  lowers itself onto ,,,§§§,§,§
§§§§§§§,,§ the crystals and  shoots north,  like  a ,,§,,§§§§§
,,,,,,§,§, syringe       into       a       baloon. ,§§,§,,,,,
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§,,,,,§,,, they call  it  the "mandelbrot  crater", ,§,,§,,,,,
§,,,,§§,,, and it is the rest of a mining disaster. §§,§§,,,,§
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,,§,§§§§§, fractures  into  villages  or past them. §§§,,,§,§,
,§§§,,,,§§ the  people  here  are  pale  but crisp, ,,§,,§§§§,
§,,§,,,§,, reflections   of   some    other   world ,§§,§,,,§,
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§,,,,,§§,, are   manifesting   them  into  physical ,,§,,§§§,,
§,,,,§,§,§ form.  like if  you weren't  here,  they ,§§,§,,§,§
§,,,§§§§§, would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun §,§§§,§§§,
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