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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 ¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ syringe       into       a       baloon. ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
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¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ they call  it the  "mandelbrot  crater", ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
§§¨§§¨§¨§¨ 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 ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
§§¨§§¨§¨§¨ are   manifesting  them   into  physical ¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ form.  like if  you weren't  here,  they ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
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