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.