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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 ,,,&&,,,,&
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&,,&,,,,,& and it is the rest of a mining disaster. ,&&,,,&,,&
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&,,&,&,,,& 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 &&&&&&,&&&
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&,&&&&&&,& they always  seem a bit annoyed that you ,,&,,,,,&&
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,&,,,,&,,, form. like  if  you weren't  here,  they &,&,,,&&,&
&&,,,&&,,& would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun &&&,,&,&&&
,&,,&,&,&& against           the           platform ,,&,&&&,,,
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