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##¶§*††=,,             THE ALVAR FIELDS             ,,=††*§¶##
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§*††=,,,,, FROM   NORTH   TO  SOUTH,   THIRTY   ODD ,,,,,=††*§
*††=,,,,,, KILOMETERS.  FROM  WEST  TO  EAST,  FOUR ,,,,,,=††*
††=,,,,,,, THOUSAND METERS. FROM TOPSOIL  TO STONE, ,,,,,,,=††
*††=,,,,,, A FOOT OR  TWO. NO ROOTS CAN  FESTER, NO ,,,,,,=††*
§*††=,,,,,             DUST CAN LINGER.             ,,,,,=††*§
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#¶§*††=,,, HERE  IS  EARTH,  CLAY, AND  STURDY  LOW ,,,=††*§¶#
##¶§*††=,, PLANTS.  BUSHES  FRAME  THE  STRIP.  THE ,,=††*§¶##
#¶§*††=,,, EARTH IS  BARE IN  PATCHES  AS  LARGE AS ,,,=††*§¶#
¶§*††=,,,,               YOU AND ME.                ,,,,=††*§¶
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*††=,,,,,, CROSS IT TO  GET TO THE OCEAN,  OR DON'T ,,,,,,=††*
††=,,,,,,,          TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE.          ,,,,,,,=††
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