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&,&&&,,,&& the   train   is    a   dashing    arrow &&,,,,&&&&
,&&,,&,,&, over              the               sea. &,&,,,&,,,
,&,&,&&,&& #         ¶        ^         ¶         # &&&&,,&&,,
,&&&&&,&&, #      @       =       =       @       # &,,,&,&,&,
,&,,,,&&,& #         @        ^         @         # ,&,,&&&&&&
&&&,,,&,&& 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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,&&&,,,,,& #       @       =       =       @      # ,&&,&,,,,,
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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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