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,§§§§§§,,§ look   closer   -    it's   not   water. §§,,§§,,§,
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,,§§§§§§,, of  sweden.  the  salt  flats  span  for §§§,,§§§,,
§,,§§§§,,§ hundreds of  miles.  from  a narrow line §§,,,,§,,§
,,,,§§,,,, of  hills  the train lowers  itself onto §,,§§,,,,,
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,,§§,,,,§§ 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 §§§§§§,,,,
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