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@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ #        #         @         #         # @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ the    train   is    a   dashing   arrow @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ over              the               sea. @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ #        @         ~         @         # @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ #       &       :       :      &       # @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ #         &         ~        &         # @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ look   closer   -    it's   not   water. @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ #       &       ~      ~       &       # @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ #     »     :     ¨    ¨    :    »     # @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ #       »      ~       ~       »       # @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ 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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@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ #      &       ~       ~       &       # @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ 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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