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§,§§,§,§,§ #                  #                   # ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ #            #            #            # ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ #         @        §         @         # ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ the    train    is   a   dashing   arrow ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ over               the              sea. ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ #        #         ~         #         # ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ #       %       /       /       %      # ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ #         %        ~         %         # ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ look   closer   -   it's    not   water. ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ #       %       ~      ~       %       # ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ #     »     /    ,     ,    /    »     # ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ #      »       ~       ~       »       # ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ 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. ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ #       »       ~      ~       »       # ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ #     »     /      ,      /      »     # ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ #       %       ~       ~      %       # ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ sun hits the  four-railed  track,  as it ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ fractures  into villages  or  past them. ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ the  people  here  are  pale but  crisp, ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ reflections   of   some    other   world ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ #        %         ~         %         # ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ #      %       /       /       %       # ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ #         #        ~         #         # ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ they always seem a bit  annoyed that you ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ are   manifesting  them  into   physical ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ form.  like if you  weren't  here,  they ,§§,§,§§,,
§,§§,§,§,§ would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun ,,§,§,,§,§
§,,§,§,§,§ against           the           platform ,§§,§,§§,,
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