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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. &,&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,&& #       ~       .      .       ~       # &,&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,,& #      ~      ;     ,     ;      ~     # &,&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,&& #       @       .      .       @       # &,&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,,& 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 &,&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,,& #         @        .         @         # &,&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,&& #       @       ;       ;       @      # &,&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,,& #        #         .         #         # &,&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,&& 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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&,&,&,&,&&   ~#&&#;                         .#&##;  &,&,&,&,&,
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&,&,&,&,&&          ,~§&&###&     ;##&&&§.          &,&,&,&,&,
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