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.