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#¨#¨#¨#¨## the   train   is    a    dashing   arrow ¨#¨#¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# over              the               sea. ¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨## #         ¶         -         ¶        # ¨#¨#¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# #      $       /       /       $       # ¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨
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#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# look    closer   -   it's   not   water. ¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨## #       $      -       -       $       # ¨#¨#¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# #     -     /    ¨    ¨     /     -    # ¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨## #       -       -      -       -       # ¨#¨#¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# 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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#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# are   manifesting   them  into  physical ¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨## form. like  if  you  weren't  here, they ¨#¨#¨#¨##¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun ¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨
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