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¨,««;%&&&& Orange-Clad Train-Climber Crew, Moving &&&&%;««,¨
¨,«;%&&&@@ Along The Rusty Cargo Cars Like Some @@&&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@@# Species Of Ferrophage Insect. Up And #@@&&%;«,¨
¨¨¨,,«;%&@ Down The Train, Checking Bolts, Oiling @&%;«,,¨¨¨
¨,«;%&&@@# Joints, Drinking Coffee, Smoking #@@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@@# Cigarettes. #@@&&%;«,¨
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¨¨,«««;&&& We Were Going South Through Finland At &&&;«««,¨¨
¨,«;%&&@@# The Time, Sleeping Close To The #@@&&%;«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨«;&@@ Furnace, Watching The Aurora borealis. @@&;«¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«;%&&@## Twenty-Something Members Of The Crew, ##@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@@@ Most Of Which Were Mechanics, Or @@@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&&&@ Loaders, With Large And Hairy Hands @&&&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@@@ That Could Swallow My Entire Body. And @@@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@## Me Featuring As The Cute And Asocial ##@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&&&@ Radio Operator, Stationed In The Back @&&&&%;«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,,«%& Of The Kilometer-Long Train, Which &%«,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«;%&&@@# Served Me Good And Well. #@@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@@# #@@&&%;«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨«;&&@ And Then One Night, There'S A Missile. @&&;«¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨«;;&&&@ We Would Routinely Pick Up New Cars At @&&&;;«¨¨¨
¨,,,,«;;%& The Tail, And Drop Some Off, As A Way &%;;«,,,,¨
¨¨¨¨,«%&&@ Of Earning Some Extra Money. But A @&&%«,¨¨¨¨
¨,«;%&&@@# Missile, And Appearing Silently In The #@@&&%;«,¨
¨¨¨,,,;;&@ Middle Of The Night At That? Not @&;;,,,¨¨¨
¨¨¨,««;%&& Entirely... Comfortable. &&%;««,¨¨¨
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¨¨,,;%%%&& I Call It In On The Walkie-Talkie. Not &&%%%;,,¨¨
¨,,««%%&@@ Many Others Awake, They Know Nothing @@&%%««,,¨
¨,«;%&&@@# About It, And Appear Concerned As Well. #@@&&%;«,¨
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¨,«;%&&@@@ When I Fall Awake In The Afternoon, @@@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&&&@ Karl Is There, Smiling At Me. "Hey @&&&&%;«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«%&& Boy," He Says, "Wanna Help Me Make A &&%«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«;%&&@@# Call?" #@@&&%;«,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨«%&& After He'S Brought Me Coffee, I Dial &&%«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«;%%%%%& The Frequency From His Notebook, And &%%%%%;«,¨
¨¨¨¨««%&&@ After A While There'S A Reply In @&&%««¨¨¨¨
¨,«;%&&@@# Pan-Slavic. Karl Laughs And Makes A #@@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@@@ Reply In The Same Language. Even Though @@@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@## We Both Have Headphones I Can'T Follow ##@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%%%&&@ At All, But I Hear The Word "Missile" A @&&%%%;«,¨
¨¨¨,«%%&@@ Few Times. @@&%%«,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨«%&@ I'M Almost Snoozing Again At The Time @&%«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«%& Karl Puts Down The Headphones And Slaps &%«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«%%&&@ Me On My Back. "Allright Boy. I Just @&&%%«,¨¨¨
¨,«;%&&@@# Sold A Missile." He Practically Beams #@@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@@# At Me, Teeth Filed Sharp. "Wanna Make A #@@&&%;«,¨
¨,«;%&&@@# Detour?" #@@&&%;«,¨
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