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§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§ the   train   is    a    dashing   arrow §§¨§§§§§§§
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨ over              the               sea. ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§§¨§¨¨§§ #        #         :         #         # §¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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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. §¨¨§¨¨§§§§
¨§§¨¨§¨§¨¨ #     *    :    ¨     ¨    :     *     # ¨§¨§§¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§¨§§§§¨ #    »   :    ¨   ¨   ¨    ¨   :   »   # §§§§¨§§§¨¨
¨§§§§§¨¨¨§ #     *     :    ¨    ¨    :     *     # ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ #    »   :    ¨    ¨   ¨   ¨   :   »   # ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§§
§§§¨¨¨§§¨§ #     *    :    ¨     ¨     :     *    # ¨¨¨¨§§§§§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§§ they call  it the  "mandelbrot  crater", ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨§§§¨ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. §¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§
§§§§¨§§¨¨§ #       »       :       :       »      # §§¨¨§¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨§ #      »      =     ¨     =     »      # ¨¨§¨§§§§¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§§§ #       $       :      :       $       # ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§§
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¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨ fractures  into  villages or past  them. §§§§¨§§¨§§
§§¨§§§¨§§¨ the  people  here are  pale  but  crisp, §¨¨¨§§¨§§¨
§¨§§¨¨§§¨§ reflections   of   some    other   world ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§§ #         $         :         $        # ¨§§¨§§§¨§§
§§¨§§§§§§¨ #       $      =       =       $       # §§¨§§¨¨§§¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§ #         #         :         #        # §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨§ 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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§¨§§§§¨¨§¨ ¨$»                                  »## ¨§§¨§¨¨§§¨
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§§§¨¨¨§¨§¨              ¨§##§     =#$¨              §¨¨¨§§¨¨§§
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¨¨§§§¨¨§§§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§§¨§
§¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨                                          §§§§§¨§¨§§
¨§§§¨§§§§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§§§§¨
¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
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