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§,§,§,§,,§ the    train   is   a   dashing    arrow ,,§§,,,§§,
§§§§§§§§,§ over              the               sea. §,§,§,,§,§
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§§,,,,,,§§ #         *         -        *         # §§§,,,§,§,
§,§,,,,,§, look   closer    -   it's   not   water. §,,§,,§§§§
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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 §§,§,,,§§§
§,§§§§§§§§ #         *        -         *         # ,,§§§,,§,,
§§§,,,,,,, #       *      /       /       *       # §,§,,§,§§,
§,,§,,,,,, #         @        -         @         # ,§§§,§§§,§
,§,§§,,,,, 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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