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.