%^\=,.....                                          .....,=\^%
^\=,......                                          ......,=\^
\=,.......                                          .......,=\
^\=,......                                          ......,=\^
%^\=,.....                                          .....,=\^%
#%^\=,.... i follow the tire  tracks west. they  go ....,=\^%#
##%^\=,... parallel  with  the railroad,  with  its ...,=\^%##
###%^\=,.. endless mirrors looking kinda  oily.  an ..,=\^%###
####%^\=,. incredible power bound there... there's  .,=\^%####
###%^\=,.. a wire fence to separate the two  roads. ..,=\^%###
##%^\=,...                                          ...,=\^%##
#%^\=,.... even  though  there's a foggy quality to ....,=\^%#
%^\=,..... the air,  the path i follow  is glowing. .....,=\^%
^\=,...... a  yellow-green  moss   has  taken  hold ......,=\^
\=,....... where  the   machines  who   made  these .......,=\
^\=,...... tracks once  disturbed the clover field. ......,=\^
%^\=,.....                                          .....,=\^%
#%^\=,.... we're  off  the  season  when the  birds ....,=\^%#
##%^\=,... sing beautifully. these  days it's  just ...,=\^%##
###%^\=,..       screeches, or calls for help.      ..,=\^%###
####%^\=,.                                          .,=\^%####
###%^\=,.. i  think   of  the  jackdaw   i   maimed ..,=\^%###
##%^\=,...   yesterday. i fear the dreaming gate.   ...,=\^%##
#%^\=,....                                          ....,=\^%#
%^\=,.....                                          .....,=\^%
^\=,......                                          ......,=\^
\=,.......                                          .......,=\
^\=,......                                          ......,=\^