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§§§¨§§¨¨§§             THE ALVAR FIELDS             §§§§§§§¨¨¨
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§§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ FROM   NORTH   TO  SOUTH,   THIRTY   ODD ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨ KILOMETERS.  FROM  WEST  TO  EAST,  FOUR ¨¨¨§§§¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨§¨§¨§ THOUSAND METERS. FROM TOPSOIL TO  STONE, ¨¨§¨¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§§§§§§ A FOOT OR TWO. NO ROOTS  CAN  FESTER, NO ¨§§¨§¨§§§¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨             DUST CAN LINGER.             §¨§§§§¨¨§§
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¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§§ HERE  IS  EARTH,  CLAY,  AND  STURDY LOW ¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨
¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨§ PLANTS.  BUSHES  FRAME  THE  STRIP.  THE §§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
§§§§¨¨§§§§ EARTH  IS  BARE IN  PATCHES AS  LARGE AS ¨§§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§               YOU AND ME.                §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨ CROSS IT  TO GET TO THE  OCEAN, OR DON'T §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨§§§¨§¨          TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE.          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
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