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,&,&,,&&&, #         @        &         @         # ,&,,,&,,&&
&&&&,&,,&, the    train    is   a   dashing   arrow &&,,&&,&,&
,,,&&&,&&, over              the               sea. ,&,&,&&&&,
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,&&,&,&&&, #       @       †       †       @      # ,,,,&,,&&,
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&&,,,&,&,& look   closer   -    it's   not   water. ,,&,&&&&&&
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&,,&,,,&&, 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. ,&&,,,&&&&
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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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,&,&,&&&&, #       @       †       †      @       # &&&&&&&&&,
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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 ,,,,&,&&,&
&,,&&,,,,, against           the           platform ,,,&&&,&&&
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