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,§§§,,,,,, the   train    is   a    dashing   arrow §§§,,§§,,,
,,§,,§§§§, over              the               sea. ,§,,,,,,§§
,,,,,,§§,, #        @         ^         @         # ,,,§§§§,,,
§§§§§,,,,, #       *       *      *       *       # ,§,,§§,,§§
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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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,,,,§§§§§§ #         @         ^        @         # ,,,§§§,,,,
§§§,,§§§§§ 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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