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.