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.