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..&.&.&.&. the train is a dashing arrow .&.&.&.&.&
.&&.&.&.&. over the sea. .&.&.&.&.&
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.&&.&.&.&. look closer - it's not water. .&.&.&.&.&
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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 .&.&.&.&.&
.&&.&.&.&. would be nothing more than the sun .&.&.&.&.&
..&.&.&.&. against the platform .&.&.&.&.&
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