,,-\%@§#@# #@#§@%\-,,
,,,,,,\\%§ §%\\,,,,,,
,,-\%@@§§# #§§@@%\-,,
,,-\\\\\%§ §%\\\\\-,,
,,,,-\\@§@ @§@\\-,,,,
,,-\%@§#@# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #@#§@%\-,,
,,-\%@§@## the alvar fields ##@§@%\-,,
,,-\%@§#@@ @@@#@#@#@#@#@@@@ @@#§@%\-,,
,,-\%@§#@@ @@#§@%\-,,
,,-\%@§#@# 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. ###§@%\-,,
,,-\%@§#@# #@#§@%\-,,
,,-\%@§#@# here is earth, clay, and sturdy low #@#§@%\-,,
,,-\%@§#@@ plants. bushes frame the strip. the @@#§@%\-,,
,,-\%@§#@# earth is bare in patches as large as #@#§@%\-,,
,,-\@§#@## you and me. ##@#§@\-,,
,,-\%@§#@# #@#§@%\-,,
,,,,\\%@## cross it to get to the ocean, or don't ##@%\\,,,,
,,-\%@§#@# to stay where you are. #@#§@%\-,,
,,,,,,-%@§ §@%-,,,,,,
,,-\%@§#@@ @@#§@%\-,,
,,-\%@§#@# #@#§@%\-,,
,,,-\\%§#@ @#§%\\-,,,
,,-\%%%@§@ @§@%%%\-,,
,,-\%@§#@# #@#§@%\-,,