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.