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.