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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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